num_pages: 274
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.
language: English
title: Cheaper by the Dozen
titlecomplete: Cheaper by the Dozen
genres: History, Classics, Childrens, Biography, Memoir, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Humor, Nonfiction, Family
ratings_count: 42795
places: Montclair, New Jersey
series: Cheaper by the Dozen
publisher: Heinemann