The fatherless Moody family moved from Colorado to Medford, Massachusetts, in 1912, when the author was entering his teens. 'I tried as hard as I could to be a city boy, but I didn't have very good luck', he says. So he is sent to his grandfather's farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures.

More Bison Books by Ralph Moody are: "The Dry Divide"; "The Home Ranch"; "Horse of a Different Color: Reminiscences of a Kansas Drover"; "Little Britches: Father and I Were"; "Ranchers"; "Man of the Family"; "Mary Emma & Company"; and, "Shaking the Nickel Bush" "Ralph Moody's books should be read aloud in every family circle in America" - Sterling North. "[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life." - "Chicago Sunday Tribune".