We present the following stories from the Library in celebration of Father’s Day. What is means to be a father; the trials, the tribulations, and all the love.
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A Father’s Duty by Joan
Summary: Three discussions between a father and his sons. Just how did they get so smart?
4,725 words Rating: – K
A Father’s Duty by Territell
Summary: There are some tasks a father is called upon to perform that are not as welcome as others.
Rating: K+ WC 1200
A Father’s Thoughts about his Son by pjb
Summary: A little extra bit for “Hoss and the Leprechauns.”
Rating: K WC 2000
A Tribute to Pa by AC1830
Summary: This is a Father’s Day tribute to our favorite Dad, and to all the dads and kids everywhere.
Rating: K WC = 1694
An Offering of Comfort by BluewindFarm
Summary: Ben sat and waited as one of his sons lies in bed injured… the details… the depths… maybe a revelation or two.
Rating: K 1,000 words
Bloodlines #12 – Between Life and Death by pkmoonshine
Summary: Ben Cartwright lies on what may be his deathbed, near comatose from raging fever. What thoughts go through the heads of those who love him most as they try and come to grips with the prospect that his time with them may be at an end?
Rating: K+ (13,255)
Father and Son by snuffybear
Summary: Young Ben in the months before he goes to sea for the first time.
Rated: K+ (16,820)
Father and Sons by BettyHT
SUMMARY: Ben has a frank discussion with his sons about their relationship and the future after some changes have taken place. It seems an appropriate story to post in the week before Father’s Day.
Rating = PG Word count = 1167
Fathers, Sons, and Growing Up by PJB
Summary: As Joe’s eighteenth birthday approaches, Ben comes face to face—so to speak—with the fact that his youngest son is no longer a child. WARNING: contains sexual themes.
Rated: T WC 6900
Forgotten Son by KateP
Summary: The Cartwrights find life on the Ponderosa very different after Ben has an accident.
Rated: K+ 11,375 words
Good Advice from a Shotgun Father by DBird
Summary: Sometimes, the best advice comes from the business end of a gun.
Rated: K+ (4,000)
Summary: Ben reflects on the wonder of being a father and a grandfather. A Father’s Day tribute.
Rating: K, Word count: 518
Happy Father’s Day, Pa by DebbieB
Summary: Away on business once again, Joe writes a letter home, accusing his father of purposely sending him away on every holiday.
Rating: G 1,900 words
His Father by faust
Summary: He was special, even among the special men: his father. If only….
1,600 words, rated T
In Haste by pbeaking
Summary: In honor of Father’s Day… Ben Cartwright is the perfect model of a father, but even he can make mistakes with his children. This story is about how he acted in haste. He now must rekindle the relationship with his son, Hoss.
Rating: K+ WC 3400
Like Father Like Son by the Tahoe Ladies
Summary: Some light-hearted chat between father and son.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 665
My Father’s Heartbeat by Cheaux
Summary: After a cattle drive Joe receives a heartbreaking telegram from the Ponderosa…
WC 6800 Rated: T
To Be a Father by KateP and GinnyF
Summary: Joe helps a friend of his father to know what it is to be a father.
Rated: K+ 2,330 words
Unseen Link by EPM
Summary: It’s more than just being family, it’s ties that bind father to son and son to father.
Rating: K+ 7,940 words
Worst Thing (The) by BettyHT
Summary: A story for Father’s Day as the sons discuss Ben and the worst things he has ever done to them, and the conversation leads to an entirely different conclusion.
Rating = K+ WC = 1053