The egg and I /

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Author / Creator:MacDonald, Betty Bard.
Imprint:Philadelphia ; New York : J.B. Lippincott Co., [1945]
Description:287 pages ; 21 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1893636
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Notes:"A part of this book appeared in a condensed serialization in the Atlantic monthly."--Jacket.
Summary:The author relates the joys and frustrations of life on a poultry farm in the mountains of Washington.
Other form:Online version: MacDonald, Betty Bard. Egg and I. Philadelphia ; New York : J.B. Lippincott Co., [1945]
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Such duty. 1, And I'll be happy. 2, Battre l'eau avec un baton. 3, "Who, me?" or "Look 'peasant, ' please!"
  • pt. 2. November. 4, The vanquished. 5, Infiltration. 6, Mental block
  • pt. 3. Spring. 7, The whistle blows. 8, People. 9, I learn to hate even baby chickens. 10, The lure of the tropics. 11, The mountain to Mohammed
  • pt. 4. Summer. 12, Who bothers whom? 13, That infernal machine, the pressure cooker. 14, This beautiful country. 15, Fancywork versus the printed word. 16, With bow and arrow. 17, All our kids have fits. 18, Timbah!
  • pt. 5. Autumn. 19, And not a drop to drink. 20, The root cellar. 21, Game or Who is? 22, The theatah-the dahnse. 23, Put out that match! 24, You win.