Man of the family by ralph moody little britches series book 2 from books in motioncom ralph moody cameron beierle cameron beierle amazoncomau books. Ralph moody is forced to grow up a bit in the second book in the little britches series since his dad has passed away 12 year old ralph does all he can to help support his family his efforts are impressive considering the amount of hard work most 12 year olds in our era are willing to do. The second book in the little britches series is both inspiring and thought provoking ralph moody has a way of connecting with the reader his narration is simple he has a very straight forward way of telling his stories that makes it seem like you are sitting down with him listening to him tell tales of his childhood over a cup of coffee. 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. Father and i were ranchers little britches 1 man of the family little britches 2 the home ranch little britches 3 mary emma company li