The Resource 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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- 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 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 her 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). Paula Becker was granted full access to Betty MacDonald's archives, including materials never before seen by any researcher. Looking for Betty MacDonald, the first biography of this endearing Northwest storyteller, reveals the story behind the memoirs and the difference between the real Betty MacDonald and her literary persona."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xx, 242 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Note to readers
- Prologue: the house and I
- The richest hill on Earth
- Fate alters the plot
- Child bride
- Especially Betty
- Egged on
- Smelling like sugar cookies
- Betty in Hollywoodland
- Authing
- The name's Kettle
- Family matters
- Anybody can write books
- Goodbye, goodbye to everything
- Epilogue: Looking for Betty Macdonald
- The Bard/MacDonald family
- Betty's houses: place as witness
- Bardisms
- Isbn
- 9780295999364
- Label
- Looking for Betty MacDonald : the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I
- Title
- Looking for Betty MacDonald
- Title remainder
- the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I
- Statement of responsibility
- Paula Becker
- Language
- eng
- 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 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 her 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). Paula Becker was granted full access to Betty MacDonald's archives, including materials never before seen by any researcher. Looking for Betty MacDonald, the first biography of this endearing Northwest storyteller, reveals the story behind the memoirs and the difference between the real Betty MacDonald and her literary persona."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Becker, Paula
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- B
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3525.A1946
- LC item number
- Z434 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- MacDonald, Betty Bard
- MacDonald, Betty Bard
- Authors, American
- Children's literature
- Authors, American
- Children's literature
- Label
- Looking for Betty MacDonald : the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I, Paula Becker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Note to readers -- Prologue: the house and I -- The richest hill on Earth -- Fate alters the plot -- Child bride -- Especially Betty -- Egged on -- Smelling like sugar cookies -- Betty in Hollywoodland -- Authing -- The name's Kettle -- Family matters -- Anybody can write books -- Goodbye, goodbye to everything -- Epilogue: Looking for Betty Macdonald -- The Bard/MacDonald family -- Betty's houses: place as witness -- Bardisms
- Control code
- ocn946461780
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xx, 242 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780295999364
- Lccn
- 2016007016
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Looking for Betty MacDonald : the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I, Paula Becker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Note to readers -- Prologue: the house and I -- The richest hill on Earth -- Fate alters the plot -- Child bride -- Especially Betty -- Egged on -- Smelling like sugar cookies -- Betty in Hollywoodland -- Authing -- The name's Kettle -- Family matters -- Anybody can write books -- Goodbye, goodbye to everything -- Epilogue: Looking for Betty Macdonald -- The Bard/MacDonald family -- Betty's houses: place as witness -- Bardisms
- Control code
- ocn946461780
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xx, 242 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780295999364
- Lccn
- 2016007016
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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