Cheaper by the Dozen (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Frank Gilbreth, Jr., Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
- First Published: 1949
- Time of Work: 1871–1924
- Setting: New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and California
- Principal Characters: Frank B. Gilbreth, Lillian M. Gilbreth, Anne Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., Bill Gilbreth
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography
- Subjects: Child rearing or parenting, Children, Family or family life, Parents and children, Psychology or psychologists, Autobiography, Fathers, Experiments, Motion
- Locales: California, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island
Form and Content
In Cheaper by the Dozen, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., and his sister Ernestine Gilbreth Carey re-create their unforgettable childhood with their entrepreneurial father. Eccentric by conventional standards, Frank B. Gilbreth was a strict disciplinarian who demanded top performance from his family while enjoying his inseparable roles as husband, father, and motion study expert. This self-assured, self-made man believed that his wife Lillian’s expertise in psychology and his in motion study was the perfect combination for rearing a large family. Gilbreth and...
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