Ralph Moody

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born

December 16, 1898 in East Rochester, NH, The United States

died

June 28, 1982

gender

male

genre

Biographies & Memoirs

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Ralph Moody was an American author who wrote 17 novels and autobiographies about the American West. He was born in East Rochester, New Hampshire, in 1898 but moved to Colorado with his family when he was eight in the hopes that a dry climate would improve his father Charles's tuberculosis. Moody detailed his experiences in Colorado in the first book of the Little Britches series, Father and I Were Ranchers.

After his father died, eleven-year-old Moody assumed the duties of the "man of the house." He and his sister Grace combined ingenuity with hard work in a variety of odd jobs to help their mother provide for their large family. The Moody clan returned to the East Coast some time after Charles's death, but Moody had difficulty readjusting....more

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Books by Ralph Moody

Average rating: 4.28 · 5,754 ratings · 758 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers 4.30 avg rating — 2,668 ratings — published 1950 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Man of the Family 4.41 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 1950 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Fields of Home 4.25 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 1953 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Home Ranch 4.27 avg rating — 444 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Mary Emma & Company by Ralph Moody, Tran Mawicke (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 403 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Shaking the Nickel Bush 4.12 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Dry Divide by Ralph Moody, Tran Mawicke (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Horse of a Different Color: Reminiscences of a Kansas Drover 4.26 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Come on Seabiscuit! 3.85 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Riders of the Pony Express 3.74 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Ralph Moody

Little Britches (8 books)
by Ralph Moody, Tran Mawicke (Illustrator)

4.29 avg rating — 5,565 ratings

Quotes by Ralph Moody

“There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. ...Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same God that made you and me made this earth. And He planned it so that it would yield every single thing that the people on it need. But He was careful to plan it so that it would only yield up its wealth in exchange for the labor of man. Any man who tries to share in that wealth without contributing the work of his brain or his hands is dishonest.”
― Ralph Moody

tags: dishonesty , effort , honesty , resourcefulness , responsibility

21 people liked it

“Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it's cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government. ”
― Ralph Moody

tags: government , leadership

18 people liked it

“Son, there are times a man has to do things he doesn't like to, in order to protect his family.”
― Ralph Moody

tags: family , fatherhood , responsibility

14 people liked it

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