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
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- 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: looking for Betty Macdonald
- The Bard/MacDonald family
- Betty's houses: place as witness
- Bardisms
- Isbn
- 9780295999371
- 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
- Subject
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- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Children's literature -- Authorship
- 1900-1999
- Electronic books
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- MacDonald, Betty Bard
- MacDonald, Betty Bard
- Children's literature -- Authorship
- Authors, American
- 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."--
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- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Becker, Paula
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- MacDonald, Betty Bard
- MacDonald, Betty Bard
- Authors, American
- Children's literature
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Authors, American
- Children's literature
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Label
- Looking for Betty MacDonald : the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I, Paula Becker
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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: looking for Betty Macdonald -- The Bard/MacDonald family -- Betty's houses: place as witness -- Bardisms
- Control code
- ocn957997809
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780295999371
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 952212
- 22573/ctvct82sf
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)957997809
- Label
- Looking for Betty MacDonald : the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I, Paula Becker
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- 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 -- 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: looking for Betty Macdonald -- The Bard/MacDonald family -- Betty's houses: place as witness -- Bardisms
- Control code
- ocn957997809
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780295999371
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 952212
- 22573/ctvct82sf
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)957997809
Subject
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Children's literature -- Authorship
- 1900-1999
- Electronic books
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- MacDonald, Betty Bard
- MacDonald, Betty Bard
- Children's literature -- Authorship
- Authors, American
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