Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers is an autobiographical account of Ralph Moody's early life in the vicinity of Littleton, Colorado, from 1906 to 1910.

[citation needed] One topic Moody discusses is the importance of water rights and the profound challenges these can pose to a community.

[2] Ralph and his family move from East Rochester, New Hampshire, to Littleton, Colorado, because they cannot make enough money on their farm.

There, Ralph learns to be a cowboy and competes in the roundup trick riding contest.

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