Resource Summary

0803281951

Man of the Family by Ralph Moody (Author)

Father has died and Little Britches shoulders the responsibilities of a man at age eleven. Second in the series. Some swearing in the ranchers' and cowboys' speech.

Details
  • Resource Type: Book
  • ISBN: 0-8032-8195-1
  • Print Status: In Print
  • Chapters: 29
  • Pages: 272
  • Suggested Grade Level: 4th - 12th
  • Geographical Setting: Colorado
  • Historical Setting: 1910 - 1912
  • Subjects: Leisure Reading
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
  • Copyright: 1951
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Chapter Details
  • 1 — Mr. Nutting Gives Me Some Advice
  • 2 — My First Deal
  • 3 — Plowing and Planning
  • 4 — We Start a Cookery Route
  • 5 — Helping a Cattle Drive
  • 6 — Cookery and Coal
  • 7 — The Sheriff Lends a Hand
  • 8 — Picking Cherries on Stilts
  • 9 — The Fourth of July
  • 10 — The Match Race
  • 11 — We Really Spill the Beans
  • 12 — Mother's Little Secret
  • 13 — Riding for Mr. Batchlett
  • 14 — Grace and I Buy Ducklegs
  • 15 — Labor-Day Roundup
  • 16 — Kathleen Mavourneen
  • 17 — Hal Finds the Answer
  • 18 — The Red Spots Come Out
  • 19 — Everyone Is Good to Us
  • 20 — Mother's Inspiration
  • 21 — Inventing and Blacksmithing
  • 22 — Muriel and the Goose
  • 23 — The Night before Christmas
  • 24 — Skating and Skimming
  • 25 — Hi Advises Me to Learn a Trade
  • 26 — Mrs. Callahan
  • 27 — Mother's Big Secret
  • 28 — The Sheriff Serves a Soupeeny
  • 29 — We Start a New Adventure