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Cheaper by the Dozen at 75: A Reader's Companion

James Gifford

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Description:For 75 years, the autobiographical novel Cheaper by the Dozen has entertained and amused millions of readers. The adventures of the Gilbreth family have become part of Americana, and the burdens and benefits of a dozen children a beloved tale of American life in the 1920s.There is much, much more to the Gilbreth story than these charming tales present, and every reader (new and old) of Cheaper by the Dozen will be delighted to learn the story behind the stories, as well as have an increasingly distant era, its lingo and its forgotten social customs explained. The warm and familiar events and adventures of the Gilbreth family — Frank, Lillian and "the Dozen" children — will come to life with these little nudges and reminders. Readers will delight in learning the often more amusing facts behind the stories, as told in the discreet way Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey chose to tell them with their mother and siblings still looking on.Written by the preeminent scholar of the Gilbreth family — Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr, the efficiency expert (and father), Dr. Lillian Moller Gilbreth, industrial psychologist (and mother), and their extraordinary careers in efficiency engineering; the Dozen children; and the fascinating extended family on both sides — Cheaper by the Dozen at 75 is a warm, amusing, authoritative and enlightening guide to one of America's best-loved books and family... and a bygone world.This companion volume does not contain the 1948 novel itself. It is meant to be referred to along with the reader's own copy of Cheaper by the Dozen.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cheaper by the Dozen at 75: A Reader's Companion. To get started finding Cheaper by the Dozen at 75: A Reader's Companion, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: For 75 years, the autobiographical novel Cheaper by the Dozen has entertained and amused millions of readers. The adventures of the Gilbreth family have become part of Americana, and the burdens and benefits of a dozen children a beloved tale of American life in the 1920s.There is much, much more to the Gilbreth story than these charming tales present, and every reader (new and old) of Cheaper by the Dozen will be delighted to learn the story behind the stories, as well as have an increasingly distant era, its lingo and its forgotten social customs explained. The warm and familiar events and adventures of the Gilbreth family — Frank, Lillian and "the Dozen" children — will come to life with these little nudges and reminders. Readers will delight in learning the often more amusing facts behind the stories, as told in the discreet way Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey chose to tell them with their mother and siblings still looking on.Written by the preeminent scholar of the Gilbreth family — Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr, the efficiency expert (and father), Dr. Lillian Moller Gilbreth, industrial psychologist (and mother), and their extraordinary careers in efficiency engineering; the Dozen children; and the fascinating extended family on both sides — Cheaper by the Dozen at 75 is a warm, amusing, authoritative and enlightening guide to one of America's best-loved books and family... and a bygone world.This companion volume does not contain the 1948 novel itself. It is meant to be referred to along with the reader's own copy of Cheaper by the Dozen.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cheaper by the Dozen at 75: A Reader's Companion. To get started finding Cheaper by the Dozen at 75: A Reader's Companion, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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