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"Cheaper By The Dozen" 1949 GILBRETH, Frank B. Jr.
$225
GILBRETH, Frank B. Jr.
[237] pp.
Thomas Y. Crowell Company
1949
Third Printing
8 1/4" x 5 7/8"
Illustrated by Donald McKay
VG/ VG
Cheaper by the Dozen is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 children. The bestselling book was later adapted into a feature film by Twentieth Century Fox in 1950 and followed up by the sequel, Belles on Their Toes (1950), which was adapted as a 1952 film.