Shaking the Nickel Bush (6)by Ralph Moody | |
| Category: |
"Autobiographies, Memoirs and Biographies" |
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| Pages: | 236 |
| Year of Publication: | 1962 |
| Date Added: | 01/22/2021 |
| Date Read: | 09/05/2024 |
| Notes: | Diagnosed with diabetes and encouraged to move to a dryer climate, 19-year-old Ralph heads west, in 1918. He tries to find work as a cowhand but fails. Me meets up with Lonnie, another drifter who is good-hearted but lazy and uneducated. Ralph gets a job falling off horses for movies and earns enough money to buy an old car. Lonnie fixes it up and drives it as they wander around Arizona and New Mexico looking for work. Broke and without options, Ralph takes a little bit of experience gained while working for a sculptor and begins fashioning busts out of plaster for local businessmen. He's soon in demand and making enough money for him and Lonnie to live through a winter. When summer comes, Ralph has saved enough to buy land and some cattle, but Lonnie takes off with all of Ralph's savings. Ralph thinks it was accidental — he had the money rolled in the cuff of his pants. But he's right back where he started — no job and no money. |
| My Rating: | 7 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2024-09-05 14:02:02
