Ralph Owen Moody (December 16, 1898 – June 20, 1982) was an American writer who wrote 17 novels and autobiographies largely about the American West, though a few are set in New England.

"Ralph Moody's story is a perfect example of rural… Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1), Man of the Family (Little Britches, #2), The Home Ranch (Little Britches, #3), Mary Emma & Company (Li...

Author of 17 books, starting with the best selling volume, Little Britches. Moody lived in Littleton during his youth and wrote about his experiences in the town.

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.

Acclaimed Western writer Ralph Moody tells the exciting story of Henry Wells and his drivers, messengers, and riders; his accountants, managers, and detectives; and how they built a lasting empire in a business most entrepreneurs thought too risky to try.

Ralph Owen Moody was an American author who wrote 17 novels and autobiographies largely about the American West, though a few are set in New England.

Ralph Moody has 65 books on Goodreads with 59215 ratings. Ralph Moody’s most popular book is Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1).

2021年4月8日 · Although born in East Rochester, N.H., in 1898, Ralph Moody’s formative childhood occurred in Colorado, where the family moved when he was 8 years old. There the boy learned to rope and ride, acquiring the nickname Little Britches from the local cowboys.

In all, Ralph Moody wrote 19 books, all based on actual, composite, and sometimes fictional characters in his life. As Moody put it: "My goal in writing is to leave a record of the rural way of life in this country during the early part of the 20th century, and to point up the values of the era which I feel that we, as a people, are letting ...

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