Shaking the Nickel Bush

Written by Ralph Moody

Narrated by Cameron Beierle

Now 19-years old, skinny, and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by his Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate out West. Remembering his childhood ranching adventures, Ralph is delighted to strike out for new territory and prospects. Hustling jobs, and trying to find the means to follow the doctors orders, he becomes a Hollywood stunt rider. With Lonnie, a rascal and friend, he camps out in the Arizona desert and “shakes the nickel bush” as a cowboy artist-sculptor. Lawyers and bankers are eager to buy his work as the two move from town to town in an old Ford aptly named “Shiftless.” But will Ralph ever reach Littleton in time for the 4th of July roundup?....

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books in Motion
• Release date: Dec 15, 2001
• ISBN: 9781581163490

Reviews for Shaking the Nickel Bush

[Farmer Courtney Sullivan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I would not listen to any bad reviews about this book or the writer I love all of Ralph Moodys books although I would definitely recommend listening to them I love the Reader it’s one of my favorite parts I’ve never had anything go wrong with this audiobook or anything to complain about the reader writer or audiobook and I would recommend all of these books especially come on Seabiscuit

[reinighafen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great story. Lovely reader. My only complaint is there are several dead spots in the recording. Missed some of the story.

[davekain · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A delightful story. Lovely escape. I knew how it would end before I got there and didn’t mind.

[satyridae · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I didn't much like this chapter of Moody's story. He's simultaneously perfect and hornswoggled, if one can imagine. His endless cataloguing of each and every breakdown of his piece-of-junk car grew wearying after the first breakdown. His patience with his wastrel companion was annoying, and the lack of resolution at the end was the last straw. I had a hard time reconciling the morally upright youth of the earlier books with this young man who is falsifying doctor's reports and lying to his mother at every turn. At this point, I'm glad there's only one more.