Horse of a Different Color ends the "roving days" of young Ralph Moody. His saga began on a Colorado ranch in Little Britches and continued at points east and west in Man of the Family, The Fields of Home, The Home Ranch, Mary Emma & Company, Shaking the Nickel Bush, and The Dry Divide. All have been reprinted as Bison Books.
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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.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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Vivid history in a home-spun style that leaves you smiling.,
By Carl Thompson (Dominican Republic) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Horse of a Different Color: Reminiscences of a Kansas Drover (Paperback)
Ralph Moody again weaves an artful picture of true life in the real world of the early twentieth century. His easy going style and colorful portrayal of each character give a real livng account of day to day life with a constant optimism that many of us miss in our cynical world. A great read aloud family book aong with the rest in the series. Moody gives character qualities that are rarely found in the novels of today and are much needed especially for todays young men.Put this one on your 10 - 14 year old's reading list but don't forget to read it along with them.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Timeless values in overcoming difficulties. A wounderful family book!,
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This review is from: Horse of a Different Color: Reminiscences of a Kansas Drover (Paperback)
Ralph Moody's books are a national treasure demonstrating life at the end of an era while teaching timeless values in an enjoyable and appealing fashion. Almost all of Ralph Moody's books have that "read aloud" feel so rare in literature disigned for families. Told in the first person he tells his story simply with feeling and often some well placed humor.
In this volume Ralph is drawn into the Cattle/livestock business and unwittingly forms a partnership that leaves him unbelievably in debt. Ever resourceful Ralph rebuilds a new business and works to overcome his turn of bad luck. This is a wounderful story whose enjoyment will be enhanced by reading the other books in the series first as this in the last book.
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Ralph Moody,
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This review is from: Horse of a Different Color: Reminiscences of a Kansas Drover (Paperback)
When I was a child I read Little Britches, Man of The Family, and Horse of a Different Color. These books/stories are timeless. Any parent who wants to give a good example to a child about resposibility should obtain these.
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MY FIRST sight of Beaver Valley, lying just south of the Nebraska boundary in western Kansas, was on July 4, 1919. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
stocker pigs, butchering stock, mortgaged stock, lard compound, bacon hogs, feeder steers, meat contract, prime steers, first buying trip, sorting pens, nubbin corn, shipping pens, feeding business, railroad contract, hog cycle, bank receiver, boyhood sweetheart, shipping stock, buried corn, butchering business, hundred steers, under the woodpile, hog market, corn piles, gluten bread Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cedar Bluffs, Kansas City, George Miner, Beaver Valley, Beaver Township, Betty Mae, Bob Wilson, Fourth of July, Farmers National, John Bivans, Rudy Schneider, Bones Kennedy, Effie Simons, Charley Frickey, Beaver Creek, Decatur County, Matt Quinlan, Bud Moody, Christmas Day Browse Sample Pages:
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MY FIRST sight of Beaver Valley, lying just south of the Nebraska boundary in western Kansas, was on July 4, 1919. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
stocker pigs, butchering stock, mortgaged stock, lard compound, bacon hogs, feeder steers, meat contract, prime steers, first buying trip, sorting pens, nubbin corn, shipping pens, feeding business, railroad contract, hog cycle, bank receiver, boyhood sweetheart, shipping stock, buried corn, butchering business, hundred steers, under the woodpile, hog market, corn piles, gluten bread Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cedar Bluffs, Kansas City, George Miner, Beaver Valley, Beaver Township, Betty Mae, Bob Wilson, Fourth of July, Farmers National, John Bivans, Rudy Schneider, Bones Kennedy, Effie Simons, Charley Frickey, Beaver Creek, Decatur County, Matt Quinlan, Bud Moody, Christmas Day Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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