Cheaper by the Dozen

by Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

On Sale: 03/29/2005

Cheaper by the Dozen

by Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

On Sale: 03/29/2005

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About the Book

“A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny. . . its appeal is timeless.” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

One of the best-loved American memoirs of an oversized family and the parents who held them together.

What do you get when you put twelve lively kids together with a father—a famous efficiency expert—who believes families can run like factories, and a mother who is his partner in everything except discipline? You get a hilarious tale of growing up that has made generations of kids and adults alike laugh along with the Gilbreths in Cheaper by the Dozen.

Translated into more than fifty-three languages and made into a classic film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy — and a remake featuring Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, and Alyson Stoner — this memoir is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the twentieth century.

Critical Praise

“Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books.” — Chicago Sun-Times

“Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching.... Sound Americana.” — Saturday Review of Literature

“Instructive, funny, and very readable.” — School Library Journal

“A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny...its appeal is timeless.” — Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780060763138
  • ISBN 10: 0060763132
  • Imprint: Harper
  • On Sale: 03/29/2005
  • Pages: 224
  • List Price:24.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : HUMOR / Topic / Marriage & Family
  • BISAC2 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
  • BISAC3 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical

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