?Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books.?The Chicago Sun-Times ?Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching....Sound Americana.?Saturday Review of Literature "Instructive, funny, and very readable."School Library Journal
"Instructive, funny, and very readable." -- School Library Journal
"Instructive, funny, and very readable."--School Library Journal
"Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching....Sound Americana."--Saturday Review of Literature
"Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books."--The Chicago Sun-Times
Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books. --The Chicago Sun-Times"
Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching....Sound Americana. --Saturday Review of Literature"
-Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books.---The Chicago Sun-Times
-Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching....Sound Americana.---Saturday Review of Literature
-Instructive, funny, and very readable.---School Library Journal
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. was born in 1911 in Plainfield, New Jersey, and graduated from the University of Michigan. He became a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II and received a Bronze Star and Air Medal. In 1947, he joined the staff of what is now the
Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. A columnist and reporter, he authored and coauthored several books, including
Belles on Their Toes (with Ernestine Gilbreth Carey),
How to Be a Father, and
Time Out for Happiness. In 1950, he was corecipient (with his sister) of the French International Humor Award for
Cheaper by the Dozen. He died in 2001.