Looking for Betty MacDonald : the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I / Paula Becker.
Looking for Betty MacDonald : the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I / Paula Becker.
Looking for Betty MacDonald : the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I / Paula Becker.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
Call Numbers
G 2017/5591
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xx, 242 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Note to readers -- Prologue: the house and I -- The richest hill on Earth -- A twist of fate -- Child bride -- Especially Betty -- Egged on -- Smelling like sugar cookies -- Betty in Hollywoodland -- Authing -- The name's Kettle -- Family matters -- Anybody can -- Goodbye to all that -- Epilogue: lo...
Publication information
Publisher
Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
Washington (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Betty Bard MacDonald (1907-1958), the best-selling author of The Egg and I and the classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle children's books, burst onto the literary scene shortly after the end of World War II. Readers embraced her memoir of her years as a young bride operating a chicken ranch on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and The Egg and I sold its first...
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Full title
Looking for Betty MacDonald : the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I / Paula Becker.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2016
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Call Numbers
G 2017/5591
Record Identifier
74VKVgBZvNEb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgBZvNEb
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ISBN
0295999365 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780295999364 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
813.54 B
MMS ID
991024148800002626
