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The Fields of Home
Moody, Ralph. Illus: Shenton, Edward
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Description for The Fields of Home
paperback. The fatherless Moody family moved from Colorado to Medford, Massachusetts, in 1912, when the author was entering his teens. 'I tried as hard as I could to be a city boy, but I didn't have very good luck', he says. So he is sent to his grandfather's farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures. Illustrator(s): Shenton, Edward. Num Pages: 335 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
"A lively story . . . warm with humor; bright with incident and personality."—San Francisco Chronicle
The fatherless Moody family moved from Colorado to Medford, Massachusetts, in 1912, when Ralph was entering his teens. "I tried as hard as I could to be a city boy, but I didn't have very good luck," he says at the beginning of The Fields of Home. "Just little things that would have been all right in Colorado were always getting me in trouble." So he is sent to his grandfather's farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Number of Pages
335
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803281943
SKU
V9780803281943
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Ref
99-99
About Moody, Ralph. Illus: Shenton, Edward
Western writer Ralph Moody (1898–1982) grew up in Carson territory in southeastern Colorado. He is the author of seventeen books, including Come on Seabiscuit! and his series Little Britches, all available in Bison Books editions.
Reviews for The Fields of Home
"Ralph Moody’s books should be read aloud in every family circle in America"—Sterling North "[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life."—Chicago Sunday Tribune "One of the happiest pieces of Americana produced in our times . . . Rich in good talk, good food, good living, and best of all, good people. It is ... Read more