Cheaper by the Dozen by Gilbreth, Frank B.

ISBN: 0060763132

Author: Gilbreth, Frank B.

Condition: new

A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny. . . its appeal is timeless. -Jonathan Yardley, Washington PostOne 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.