Early 1900s colorado. Fortified with yankee ingenuity and western energy, the moody family, transplanted from New England, builds a new ranch life. Father has died and little britches shoulders the responsibilities of a ...Early 1900s colorado. Fortified with yankee ingenuity and western energy, the moody family, transplanted from New England, builds a new ranch life. Father has died and little britches shoulders the responsibilities of a man at age eleven. Determined grace and religious mother cooks beans, bread and repair lace curtains while ralph builds frames and delivers baking.