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A hilarious memoir of two parents, twelve kids, and a life of cheerfully controlled chaos the new york times. A successful man who is proud of his wife and family as well as his business accomplishments, and who runs his family like a business. Occasionally the text of a book will be put into a specialized book press and painted, often with a scene from the book or a landscape, so that the painting is invisible when the book is closed but visible when somebody bends the text and fans the pagesknown as a foreedge painting. Read chapter 12 from the story cheaper by the dozen by lizziekate22 with 228 reads. The novel has also been adapted for the stage, as a play and as a musical.
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Dad, a jovial optimist, successful inventor and efficiency expert is fond of doing his work at home. See all 56 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Cheaper by the dozen kindle edition by gilbreth, frank b. Mom, a psychologist, is busy putting everything she knows into practice. Cheaper by the dozen is a semiautobiographical novel written by frank bunker gilbreth jr. Like most of the chapters in the book, it centers on the eccentricities of mr. March 17, 1911 february 18, 2001 was coauthor, with his sister ernestine, of cheaper by the dozen and belles on their toes. Enjoy a great reading experience when you buy the kindle edition of this book.
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