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Cheaper by the Dozen (Perennial Classics)

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Cheaper by the Dozen (Perennial Classics)
Frank B. Gilbreth , and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 006008460X
Release Date: 2002-05-28

Book Description

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, Cheaper by the Dozen is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the 20th century.

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Cheaper by the Dozen.......2007-04-25

by:breanna

Cheaper by the Dozen is about twelve kids, the mom, and the dad.
The main character is the dad who is offered the job of a life time in a different city. No one else in the family wants to move except the parents.
They say it will make them a stronger family but it really doesn't. They actually loose their family bond because the parents are always gone.
Mark one of the younger kids felt that he didn't belong in the family so he ran away. The whole family joins together and goes out looking for Mark.
His dad figures he would go to his old house (the midland house) and I'm not telling you the rest because it would be the end of the story!

Why I liked the book
& who I would recommend it to.

I like the book because it is very funny and I can relate to it.
Even though I have 5 people in my family and they have 14!!!!

I would recommend this wonderful book to someone that has a big family and is happy about it.

So Enjoyable! Good Family Read.......2007-01-24

We started listening to this on tape first. Enjoyed it so much we bought the book to finish reading it out loud. 10 year old son couldn't wait and read it himself. My husband read it out loud and did the voices. What a treat! We all laughed so hard. There is some light cursing which you can skip over if reading aloud. My kids quote from this book all the time.

Cheaper by the Dozen.......2007-01-21

This book was a gift for my daughter. She is reading parts of it to her children. They love it.

Cheaper by the Dozen.......2007-01-04

Excellent reprint of the 1940's classic with an interesting new foreword by Ernestine that brings us up to date wrt the main characters (particularly siblings.) Highly recommended!

One of my favorites.......2006-11-28

This has been one of my favorites since I was 13. I found it in a thrift shop and nearly split my sides reading it while waiting for my mother to have her hair done. I'm many, many years older,now, and it's been through 13 moves and to Europe and back,and it's still on my bookshelf along with two sequels. Didn't bother to see the movie once I found out it had nothing to do with either the book or the first movie.
Part of it is sad, as other reviewers mention, but HELLO... it's non-fiction. Read the sequels. They continue the story. This was an amazing family that did very well.

Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen"

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Mercy maude, what a biography!
Single Mom, Eleven Children - WOW!
Carefully scrutinized, very well written
Wonderfully Written
Excellent bio of a woman well remembered for the wrong thing

Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen"
Jane Lancaster
Manufacturer: Northeastern University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Readers of Cheaper by the Dozen remember Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972) as the working mom who endures the antics of not only twelve children but also an engineer husband eager to experiment with the principles of efficiency -- especially on his own household.

What readers today might not know is that Lillian Gilbreth was herself a high-profile engineer, and the only woman to win the coveted Hoover Medal for engineers. She traveled the world, served as an advisor on women's issues to five U.S. presidents, and mingled with the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart. Her husband, Frank Gilbreth, died after twenty years of marriage, leaving her to raise their eleven surviving children, all under the age of nineteen. She continued her career and put each child through college. Retiring at the age of ninety, Lillian Gilbreth was the working mother who "did it all."

Jane Lancaster's spirited and richly detailed biography tells Lillian Gilbreth's life story-one that resonates with issues faced today by many working women. Lancaster confronts the complexities of how one of the twentieth century's foremost career women could be pregnant, nursing, or caring for children for more than three decades.

Yet we see how Gilbreth's engineering work dovetailed with her family life in the professional and domestic partnership that she forged with her husband and in her long solo career. The innovators behind many labor-saving devices and procedures used in factories, offices, and kitchens, the Gilbreths tackled the problem of efficiency through motion study. To this Lillian added a psychological dimension, with empathy toward the worker. The couple's expertise also yielded the "Gilbreth family system," a model that allowed the mother to be professionally active if she chose, while the parents worked together to raise responsible citizens.

Lancaster has woven into her narrative many insights gleaned from interviews with the surviving Gilbreth children and from historical research into such topics as technology, family, work, and feminism. Filled with anecdotes, this definitive biography of Lillian Gilbreth will engage readers intrigued by one of America's most famous families and by one of the nation's most successful women.

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Mercy maude, what a biography!.......2006-06-09

"This is funny, you might like it."

That suggestion from a long-ago English teacher introduced me to a book called "Cheaper By The Dozen," which in turn kicked off a lengthy fascination with the Gilbreth family and their other books. Along the way, I got a taste of the fact that Lillian Moller Gilbreth was among the more important women of her generation, up there with Marie Curie and Eleanor Roosevelt. But, as other Gilbreth-philes surely know, her children's writings only hinted at that importance, concentrating instead on her role as the family matriarch. This, the first full-length biography not written by a family member, is therefore a welcome addition to the already sizeable collection of books about the Gilbreths.

Jane Lancaster's research is very impressive, as is her ability to overcome the surviving Gilbreth children's noted concern for their privacy. Through over a century's worth of private letters and papers, she provides a surprisingly vivid look at the family you thought you knew as a kid. More importantly, she provides a well-rounded look at Lillian Gilbreth, who even in early life was not nearly the demure introvert so often portrayed elsewhere.

Though very much a product of her 19th century upper crust California childhood, she was quite independent minded from the beginning, as reflected in her decision to go to college, get married and move East while most of her siblings never left home. A lifelong Republican and a close friend of Herbert Hoover, she was nonetheless an early and effective advocate of workplace safety regulations, paid breaks, eight-hour workdays and, of course, women's right to work outside the home. (Oddly, Lancaster makes no mention of Gilbreth's views on women's suffrage, by far the most prominent feminist issue of the era.) In earning a PhD, she overcame not only sexism and the responsibilities of a large family, but a "lost" dissertation as well.

There are also more stories of the children, although few of them are as lighthearted as the ones you already know. Chances are you'd already figured out that "Cheaper By The Dozen" and "Belles On Their Toes" were a couple of idealized memoirs, but if not, prepare to have your bubble burst! Lillian's long absences from home after Frank's death were quite hard on some of the younger children, and Lancaster suggests (without going into much detail) that many of their childhood memories were not all that rosy. Still, Lillian's heroic role in keeping the large family together through hard times comes through everywhere.

I do find Lancaster's thesis - that Mrs. Gilbreth's reputation was shortchanged through her simplistic portrayal in "Cheaper" - slightly unfair. As at least four generations of middle-schoolers know, that book ends with Mother choosing to soldier on with Dad's business after his death and to continue raising all her children on her own. That was no small undertaking for a woman in 1924 or for a single parent of eleven children in any era. (If anything, it gives her slightly more credit than is due: Lancaster reveals here that she briefly sent one daughter to live with her grandmother in California.) The admittedly less-remembered "Belles On Their Toes" and "Time Out For Happiness" are both loaded down with accolades for her achievements both at home and professionally. Also, engineering is not like music, sports, art, or literature - the geniuses of the field, male or female, are generally remembered only by people who practice it. Still, Lancaster does have a point that this pioneering giant of her profession is too often remembered only as a doting mother. And she's done a great job of helping to change that.

Single Mom, Eleven Children - WOW!.......2005-08-25

When you think of Lillian (Cheaper by the Dozen) Gilbreth you can help but think of her more as a mother than anything else. The movie presented a story of a wonderful mother, but none the less, just a mother. As is often the case reading the book gives one a much better, much more complete story of her life.

You don't think of a female engineer from her time. Engineering was something that a man did. Yet she was an engineer of some reknown. And being left after her husband's death with eleven children under nineteen she had to face many of the same problems that women have to face today.

To see how she faced them so many years ago is enlightning. Just to see that all of that many children graduated from college is rather amazing even in our world.

Carefully scrutinized, very well written.......2004-08-15

The work of the Gilbreth couple has been influencing the way people work both in industry and at home since the beginning of the last century; and this influence has been quite underestimated, mainly because of the lasting succes of the books "Cheaper By the Dozen" and "Belles on Their Toes". The time has come to write a both thorough and neutral review on this work and to show the driving forces behind it. I am very pleased to say that Jane Lancaster with her book "Making Time" wrote this perfect review, which is carefully researched from the scientific point of view and very well written for the reader's pleasure.

Ms Lancaster delivers several things: (1) A precise and complete description of the life of both Gilbreths (which of course is mostly the life of Lillian M. Gilbreth, because she survived her husband by almost 50 years). (2) A neutral evaluation of this work, where she points out that most of Gilbreth's work was outlined and carried out by Lillian M. Gilbreth, although Ms Gilbreth kept herself in the background during the life of her husband. (3) The creation of a well-deserved attention for the work of Ms Gilbreth beyond her (not neglectable at all!) role of a mother of 13.

Having dealt with the work of the Gilbreth couple for more than 20 years, I highly recommend Jane Lancaster's book both for reading pleasure and for scientific work. "Making Time", in my opinion, sets the standards for the research on the work of the Gilbreth.

Wonderfully Written.......2004-08-10

I just finished the book. Lillian led an exhausting life of lecturing, travel and endless writing. As the mother of 13 children, she puts us all to shame (with many fewer children)because of her unbelievable work schedule. This book does a great job of paying tribute to her life's work which is clearly well-documented.
Although she did not promote herself as an activist for Women's Rights, Lillian Gilbreth took giant steps for all women because of her dedication to her family, husband, and her monumental career.
Jane Lancaster has a beautiful command of the English language. This book is well-written without being intimidating. I would definitely recommend to anyone interested in juggling family and/or career.

Excellent bio of a woman well remembered for the wrong thing.......2004-06-27

Lillian Moller Gilbreth is well remembered today as the patient mother of "Cheaper by the Dozen". This book makes it clear that this was the least of her attributes.

Dr. Gilbreth spent over a half century as one of America's leading engineers. First colloborating with her husband, Frank Gilbreth, she spent the first forty years of her widowhood on an intense schedule of conferences, consulting, and teaching, finally retiring near her ninetieth birthday.

While the primary focus of this book is on Dr. Gilbreth and her engineering career, and the conculsion makes clear author Jane Lancaster's bitterness that Dr. Gilbreth is best remembered for the fictionalized mother of "Cheaper by the Dozen", fans of the book will find material to satisfy them. Several chapters deal with the family's life. Few of the many footnotes are simply to "Cheaper" or its sequel, "Belles on their Toes"--appropriate, as a later chapter deals with how "Cheaper" came to be, and that it was written not as non-fiction, but rather as things should have been. For example, the episode in "Cheaper" where Dr. Gilbreth spent a day in bed, and the children were convinced that a new baby was due, having associated Mother's brief bedstays with childbirth, was based on Dr. Gilbreth giving birth to a stillborn, thirteenth child.

Jane Lancaster gives life to this pioneering woman engineer, unfortunately typecast by her children's books. Highly recommended.

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Cheaper By the Dozen
ernestine gilbreth carey frank b. gilbreth
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Is it Really Cheaper?.......2006-02-01

Cheaper by The Dozen, written by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, is a heartwarming story based on the truth. It involves a dozen children with two parents. The father loves motion study which is taking your actions and reducing them to not take as much time. Everything that the family does together turns out to be a lesson.
This book will keep you entertained for hours. Along with entertaining, it also involves a lot of motion study. It is a way to get rid of all un-needed motions as I explained before. A example of this from the book is; "Is it better to stack the dishes on the table, so that you can carry out a big pile?" Dad asked. "Or is it better to take a few of them at a time into the butler's pantry, where you can rinse them while you stack? After dinner we'll divide the table into two parts, and try one method on one part and the other method on the other. I'll time you.". This explains that basically, everything that the family does, turns into a motion study.
To make this book even better, the authors, Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. And Ernestine Gilbreth Carey are in the book. They lived through the experience and now want to share it with you. You can also tell that it took place a long time ago because in the book it states that they had one of the very few cars, and when one child was being born, their handyman, Tom, had ride on his bike to get a doctor rather than a car.
To conclude, I would like to say that this book would be one to invest your time into. You will never get bored. Take my word for that.

Totally Loveable.......2005-05-28

The real Frank and Lillian Gilbreth were much more interesting than the Bakers that were portrayed in the recent movie.

This book was written by some of the older members of the Gilbreth clan, so it has plenty of good, old-fashioned laughs. No (real) violence and no sex makes it a great read for all ages. Although the book switches back and forth between years in the lives of this remarkable family, it is altogether well-written. You will want more stories of the Clan long after you finish this quick read.

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