THE FIELDS OF HOME

by Ralph Moody ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

The author's share of hardships -- and heartthrobs -- revealed in Little Britches and Man of the Family continue when the family, moved from Colorado to the East, send him to Maine to work on his grandfather's farm. Thomas Gould, stubborn, crabby, cussed ugly, maddens the boy with his constant scolding and criticisms but Uncle Levi's well spaced visits persuade him to put up with the old man, to humor him and to make him happy by helping with the run down farm. Moving, scything, bees, screen doors, cows and calves, machinery -- Grampa's boy is always a ""tarnal fool"" in his handling of them. Millie, the housekeeper, runs away, as does Ralph, and Levi is hard put to get them both back. Rewards come however when a new barn is planned, potatoes, corn and strawberries are added, Yella Colt, the fractious old horse, is gentled and Grampa is proud of his grandson's ability and ingenuity in tackling the man-sized problems and challenges the old place presents. Quite a portrait of a progenitor and of a youth, confronted by antagonistic age, contriving a happy relationship in spite of all difficulties. The same appeal of the earlier books for a wide audience.

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ISBN: 0803281943

Page Count: -

Publisher: Norton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1953

Categories: NONFICTION