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Looking for Betty MacDonald

Paula Becker
Looking for Betty MacDonald Book PDF

Author : Paula Becker
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780295999371

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Looking for Betty MacDonald by Paula Becker Pdf

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 million copies in less than a year. The public was drawn to MacDonald’s vivacity, her offbeat humor, and her irreverent take on life. In 1947, the book was made into a movie starring Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert, and spawned a series of films featuring MacDonald's Ma and Pa Kettle characters. MacDonald followed up the success of The Egg and I with the creation of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, a magical woman who cures children of their bad habits, and with three additional memoirs: The Plague and I (chronicling her time in a tuberculosis sanitarium just outside Seattle), Anybody Can Do Anything (recounting her madcap attempts to find work during the Great Depression), and Onions in the Stew (about her life raising two teenage daughters on Vashon Island). Author Paula Becker was granted full access to Betty MacDonald’s archives, including materials never before seen by any researcher. Looking for Betty MacDonald, a biography of this endearing Northwest storyteller, reveals the story behind the memoirs and the difference between the real Betty MacDonald and her literary persona. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lr6iVK4zWk

The Plague and I

Betty MacDonald
The Plague and I Book PDF

Author : Betty MacDonald
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062672254

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The Plague and I by Betty MacDonald Pdf

“Getting tuberculosis in the middle of your life is like starting downtown to do a lot of urgent errands and being hit by a bus. When you regain consciousness you remember nothing about the urgent errands. You can’t even remember where you were going.” Thus begins Betty MacDonald’s memoir of her year in a sanatorium just outside Seattle battling the “White Plague.” MacDonald uses her offbeat humor to make the most of her time in the TB sanatorium—making all of us laugh in the process.

Onions in the Stew

Betty Bard MacDonald
Onions in the Stew Book PDF

Author : Betty Bard MacDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 1888173300

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Onions in the Stew by Betty Bard MacDonald Pdf

The bestselling author of the American humor classic The Egg and I continues the adventure with this collection of tales about life on the fringe of the Western wilderness. Writing in the 1950s, Betty MacDonald, sophisticated and urbane, captivated readers with her observations about raising a family on an island in Puget Sound. As usual, humorist MacDonald is her own favorite target. She manages to get herself into scrapes with washing machines set adrift in rowboats, used cars, and a $25 Turkey Squasher. And then there's the scariest aspect of island life -- teenaged children.

Anybody Can Do Anything

Betty Bard MacDonald
Anybody Can Do Anything Book PDF

Author : Betty Bard MacDonald
Publisher : Joiner/Oriel Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-07
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 1888173289

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Anybody Can Do Anything by Betty Bard MacDonald Pdf

One would suppose that during the Depression there wasn't much to laugh about in America. But one would be wrong. This book takes up Betty's story before she'd had any success as a writer - when she went back to live with her mother. With a failed chicken farm and marriage behind her, Betty was desperate to make a living in a country without any jobs. Luckily she had her sister Mary batting for her, and catapulting Betty into one hilarious situation after another, while she watched safely from the sidelines.

The Egg & I

Betty MacDonald
The Egg I Book PDF

Author : Betty MacDonald
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062047748

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The Egg & I by Betty MacDonald Pdf

“A work of real comic genius. . . . A wonderful, funny, warm, honest book, and, to use a much overused word, a classic.” –Michael Korda, author of Country Matters When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in the wild. With no running water, no electricity, a house in need of constant repair, and days that ran from four in the morning to nine at night, the MacDonalds had barely a moment to put their feet up and relax. And then came the children. Yet through every trial and pitfall—through chaos and catastrophe—this indomitable family somehow, mercifully, never lost its sense of humor. A beloved literary treasure for more than half a century, Betty MacDonald's The Egg and I is a heartwarming and uproarious account of adventure and survival on an American frontier.

Betty

Anne Wellman
Betty Book PDF

Author : Anne Wellman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1493662422

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Betty by Anne Wellman Pdf

In 1945 Betty MacDonald published The Egg and I, a lightly fictionalized account of her life as the wife of a chicken farmer in the remote American Northwest in the 1920s. The book was an immediate success, selling a million copies in less than a year, and was eventually translated into over thirty languages. It has never been out of print. This is Betty's story.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm

Anonim
Mrs Piggle Wiggle s Farm Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Harpercollins Childrens Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1985-08-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0064401502

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm by Anonim Pdf

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is back with special cures for the not truthful, the pet forgetter, the fraidy-cat, the destructive child, and the child who continually says, "I can't find it".

Nancy and Plum

Betty MacDonald
Nancy and Plum Book PDF

Author : Betty MacDonald
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781448182640

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Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald Pdf

'Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful' So here we are on Christmas Eve, locked up in rotten Mrs Monday's boarding house with no presents and no Christmas dinner, while all the other children have gone home for the holidays. I'm Nancy, by the way, and this is my sister Plum. Luckily, we're both pretty good at making up stories about the adventures and pretty dresses that we'd like to have, and that helps us put up with Mrs Monday and her awful niece Marybelle. But one day, we're going to escape, and maybe we'll find a nice home and a family all of our own. Wouldn't that be just wonderful? Includes exclusive material: In ‘The Backstory’ you can take the quiz and find out why Nancy and Plum is Jacqueline Wilson's favourite children's book! Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Anybody Can Do Anything

Betty MacDonald
Anybody Can Do Anything Book PDF

Author : Betty MacDonald
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062672247

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Anybody Can Do Anything by Betty MacDonald Pdf

“The best thing about the Depression was the way it reunited our family and gave my sister Mary a real opportunity to prove that anybody can do anything, especially Betty.” After surviving both the failed chicken farm - and marriage - immortalized in The Egg and I, Betty MacDonald returns to live with her mother and desperately searches to find a job to support her two young daughters. With the help of her older sister Mary, Anybody Can Do Anything recounts her failed, and often hilarious, attempts to find work during the Great Depression.

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Betty MacDonald,Anne MacDonald Canham
Happy Birthday Mrs Piggle Wiggle Book PDF

Author : Betty MacDonald,Anne MacDonald Canham
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780060728144

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Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald,Anne MacDonald Canham Pdf

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is back with a brand-new bundle of wonderfully magical cures for any bad habit—from watching too much TV, to picky eating, to fear of trying new things. And while Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is working her magic, the children are working some of their own, planning a boisterous birthday bash for everyone's favorite problem solver!

Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure

Ann M. Martin,Annie Parnell
Missy Piggle Wiggle and the Whatever Cure Book PDF

Author : Ann M. Martin,Annie Parnell
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781250100191

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Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure by Ann M. Martin,Annie Parnell Pdf

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has gone away unexpectedly and left her niece, Missy Piggle-Wiggle, in charge of the Upside-Down House and the beloved animals who live there: Lester the pig, Wag the dog, and Penelope the parrot, among others. Families in town soon realize that like her great-aunt, Missy Piggle-Wiggle has inventive cures for all sorts of childhood (mis)behavior: The Whatever Cure and the Just-a-Minute Cure, for instance. What is a stressed out parent to do? Why, call Missy Piggle-Wiggle, of course! New York Times-bestselling author Ann Martin brings her signature warmth and comic genius to a new character. And artist Ben Hatke brings it all to life!

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Betty MacDonald
Mrs Piggle Wiggle Book PDF

Author : Betty MacDonald
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1994-06-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780064401487

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald Pdf

Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house ans smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once. Most of all, she knows everything about children. She can cure them of any ailment. Patsy hates baths. Hubert never puts anything away. Allen eats v-e-r-y slowly. Mrs Piggle-Wiggle has a treatment for all of them. The incomparable Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves children good or bad and never scolds but has positive cures for Answer-Backers, Never-Want-to-Go-to-Bedders, and other boys and girls with strange habits. '[Now] in paperback . . . for a new generation of children to enjoy.' -- San Francisco Examiner Chronicle.

Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Betty MacDonald
Hello Mrs Piggle Wiggle Book PDF

Author : Betty MacDonald
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994-06-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780064401494

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Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald Pdf

The incomparable Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves children good or bad and never scolds but has positive cures for Answer-Backers, Never-Want-to-Go-to-Bedders, and other boys and girls with strange habits. ‘[Now] in paperback . . . for a new generation of children to enjoy.’ —San Francisco Examiner Chronicle.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic

Betty MacDonald
Mrs Piggle Wiggle s Magic Book PDF

Author : Betty MacDonald
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994-06-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780064401517

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic by Betty MacDonald Pdf

centerMrs. Piggle-Wiggle has a trick up her sleeve centerMrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves everyone, and everyone loves her right back. The children love her because she is lots of fun. Their parents love her because she can cure children of absolutely any bad habit. The treatment are unusual, but they work! Who better than a pig, for instance, to teach a piggy little boy table manners? And what better way to cure the rainy-day "waddle-I-do's" than hunt for a pirate treasure in Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's upside-down house?

Much Laughter, a Few Tears

Blanche Caffiere
Much Laughter a Few Tears Book PDF

Author : Blanche Caffiere
Publisher : Trafford on Demand Pub
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1426966083

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Much Laughter, a Few Tears by Blanche Caffiere Pdf

Here are Blanche Caffiere's warm-hearted, humorous recollections of her friendship with Betty MacDonald, author of The Egg and I and the endearing Mrs. Piggle Wiggle stories, and Betty's zany, loving family. With an astonishing eye and ear for detail not to mention a near-perfect memory Blanche Caffi ere takes us on a joyful ride through decades of friendship, from Roosevelt High School girlhood frolics to young motherhood and careers, from divorce and illness to the hardships of World War II. Whatever happiness and tribulation they experienced, Betty MacDonald and her family lived life to the fullest, and Blanche Caffiere has captured it all in Much Laughter, A Few Tears.