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Shaking the Nickel Bush
Contributor(s): Moody, Ralph (Author)

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ISBN: 0803282184     ISBN-13: 9780803282186
Publisher: Bison Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 1994
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Annotation: Skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate. Going west again is a delightful prospect. His childhood adventures on a Colorado ranch were described in Little Britches and Man of the Family, also Bison Books. Now nineteen years old, he strikes out into new territory, hustling odd jobs, facing the problem of getting fresh milk and leafy green vegetables. He scrapes around to survive, risking his neck as a stunt rider for a movie company. With an improvident buddy named Lonnie, he camps out in an Arizona canyon and "shakes the nickel bush" by sculpting plaster of paris busts of lawyers and bankers. This is 1918, and the young men travel through the Southwest not on horses but in a Ford aptly named Shiftless. New readers and old will enjoy this entry in the continuing saga of Ralph Moody.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Westerns - General
- Fiction | Historical - General
- Fiction | Sagas
Dewey: B
LCCN: 94014503
Lexile Measure: 1200(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.29" W x 7.97" L (0.55 lbs) 236 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Cultural Region - Plains
- Cultural Region - Southwest U.S.
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Arizona
- Topical - Home Schooling
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Library Journal 11/01/1994 pg. 116
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 51493
Reading Level: 5.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 13.0
 
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Skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate. Going west again is a delightful prospect. His childhood adventures on a Colorado ranch were described in Little Britches and Man of the Family, also Bison Books. Now nineteen years old, he strikes out into new territory hustling odd jobs, facing the problem of getting fresh milk and leafy green vegetables. He scrapes around to survive, risking his neck as a stunt rider for a movie company. With an improvident buddy named Lonnie, he camps out in an Arizona canyon and "shakes the nickel bush" by sculpting plaster of paris busts of lawyers and bankers. This is 1918, and the young men travel through the Southwest not on horses but in a Ford aptly named Shiftless. New readers and old will enjoy this entry in the continuing saga of Ralph Moody.
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