Too Tall Thomas Rides the Grub Line

Book Overview

After a long, arduous trail drive, cowboys were faced with a long ride home. It was customary for ranches along the route to offer food and shelter in exchange for work. Going from ranch to ranch was called riding the grub line.
Too Tall Thomas is a cowboy to his bones. When he finishes a long trail drive and begins to make his way home, he finds that life on the grub line is not all it 1/2s cracked up to be. Though the work is hard and the food satisfies his hunger, it 1/2s never as good as riding the range. After too-small beds and fancy vittles on his way south, Thomas is glad to settle in for the winter as a West Texas ranch hand for the staple food of a cowboy: bacon, beans, and coffee. James Rice here returns to claim his prominence as one of the best illustrators of cowboys and the West. In Too Tall Thomas Rides the Grub Line, Rice's illustrations bring the reality of cowboy life to light with humor and detail certain to delight young readers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589801776
• ISBN13: 9781589801776
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3