English & Literature
Who is Ralph from Shaking the Nickel Bush and what is their importance?
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Ralph is only nineteen when he learns he has diabetes at a time when there is little to no treatment for the disease. Ralph goes out to Arizona to be in a warmer climate with the hopes that this climate will be beneficial to his health. This leads to many adventures in the west, beginning with Ralph's inability to get a job because of all the returning soldiers from World War I.