Description
Very Good+ dust jacket, a mylar dust jacket has been added, illustration of a man on a horse greeting his family. The Very Good+ binding is orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Several black-and-white illustrations within. Illustrated end papers. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 8.1″ tall x 5.7″ wide.
From The Book
This is special edition published exclusively for the members of the PEOPLES BООЌ CLUB, P. O. Box 6570 A, Chicago 80, Illinois, and 228 Bloor Street West, Toronto 5, Ontario, Canada. It was originally published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
HERE are the further adventures of the lovable, gallant lad who captured the hearts of readers everywhere in the bestselling Peoples Choice, Little Britches.
After Father’s death, young Ralph became in fact the man of the family. In a West that was still not fully tame, he and his older sister Grace valiantly helped their mother to keep the family together-and to keep it solvent. It wasn’t easy; there were some heartbreaking disappointments, some very anxious moments. But there were also some exciting episodes, some amusing developments, some very real accomplishments, and some exhilarating triumphs.
Ralph, taking his responsibilities seriously, engaged in a number of daring and challenging pursuits. He earned his spurs as a genuine COW puncher: he rode in cowboy races; he picked cherries and gathered coal; he helped his mother operate a successful bakery route; and he devised an unusual business which brought the family a steady income and revealed that Ralph was quite an inventor! All this and school too! And yet, though Ralph worked hard and conscientiously to help support his mother and his brothers and sisters, he had more fun and adventure than many boys.
There’s plenty of action, but there are also a number of colorful and engaging people who come to life in these pages. There’s good: hearted Sheriff McGrath. who. in his sincere if bumbling way, went a-courtin’. There is Hi he capable cowboy friend from the ranch. And of course there is Mother. a brave. devoted woman, who, despite hardships and struggles, saw to it that the children had a real home. and who well deserves her son’s loving tribute.
Here again, as in Little Britches, is an ap pealing story of the warmth and joy of close family relationships, of the ingenuity, perseverance, and courage that are part of a proud American heritage
