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My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would... Continue »

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Cheaper by the Dozen

by Frank B Gilbreth

ISBN13: 9780060594336
ISBN10: 0060594330
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What do you get when you mix a blunt-talking, famous efficiency-expert father and a brilliant, compassionate psychologist mother with twelve rambunctious offspring of various sizes? You get one of America's all-time best- loved memoirs! The hilarious story of growing up Gilbreth has already delighted generations of readers — and it remains as joyous and exuberant as ever. Laugh along with the adventures of the large, irrepressible family unit that redefined the term — and proved the old adage, the more the merrier ... and scarier!

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“ Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching....Sound Americana.”

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Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. was born in 1911 in Plainfield, New Jersey, and graduated from the University of Michigan. He became a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II and received a Bronze Star and Air Medal. In 1947, he joined the staff of what is now the Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. A columnist and reporter, he authored and coauthored several books, including Belles on Their Toes (with Ernestine Gilbreth Carey), How to Be a Father, and Time Out for Happiness. In 1950, he was corecipient (with his sister) of the French International Humor Award for Cheaper by the Dozen. He died in 2001.

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ISBN:: 9780060594336
Author:: Gilbreth, Frank B
Publisher:: HarperTorch
Author:: Gilbreth, Frank B., Jr.
Author:: Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth
Author:: by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Location:: New York
Subject:: Family - General
Subject:: Essays
Subject:: Family Relationships
Subject:: Family
Subject:: Biography & Autobiography - General
Subject:: Brothers and sisters
Subject:: Topic - Family
Subject:: Industrial engineers.
Subject:: Personal Memoirs
Subject:: General Biography
Subject:: United states
Subject:: Gilbreth, Frank Bunker
Subject:: Gilbreth, Lillian Moller
Subject:: Topic - Marriage & Family
Subject:: Self-Help : General
Edition Description:: Mass Market PB
Series Volume:: v. 3
Publication Date:: 20031125
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 288
Dimensions:: 6.78x4.26x.79 in. .31 lbs.
Age Level:: 09-12

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