| Description |
xiv, 207 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: T. Y. Crowell, 1948. |
| Contents |
Whistles and shaving bristles -- Pierce arrow -- Orphans in uniform -- Visiting Mrs. Murphy -- Mister Chairman -- Touch system -- Skipping through school -- Kissing kin -- Chinese cooking -- Motion study tonsils -- Nantucket -- Rena -- Have you seen the latest model? -- Flash powder and funerals -- Gilbreths and company -- Over the hill -- Four wheels, no brakes -- Motorcycle Mac -- Party who called you. |
| Summary |
A time-and-motion expert and his engineer wife use scientific principles to raise their twelve children. No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan. First there are a dozen red-haired, freckle-faced kids to contend with. Then there's Dad, a famous efficiency expert who believes a family can be run just like a factory. Finally there's Mother, his partner in everything except discipline. How they all survive such escapades as forgetting Frank Jr. in a roadside restaurant or going on a first date with Dad in the backseat or having their tonsils removed en masse will keep you in stitches. You can be sure they're not only cheaper; they're funnier by the dozen. |
| Subject |
Gilbreth, Frank B. (Frank Bunker), 1868-1924.
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Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972.
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Industrial engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth.
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| ISBN |
0060763132 |
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9780060763138 |
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