LIFE WITH FATHER AND MOTHER including GOD AND MY FATHER LIFE WITH FATHER LIFE WITH MOTHER THREE BOOKS (in one book) THAT HAVE CAPTURED THE HEART OF AMERICA Hardback book with Dust Jacket by Clarence Day Over 370 pages Alfred A. Knopf 1943 COPYRIGHT 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 by Clarence Day COPYRIGHT 1936 by The Curtis Publishing Co. COPYRIGHT 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937 by the Estate of Clarence Day " CLARENCE DAY started writing about his family some twenty years ago. {at the time of this publication} His first book, God and My Father, produced a minor stir in the literary world, but the second, Life with Father, a few years later made him an overnight celebrity, featured and celebrated from coast to coast. By the time of his death, Clarence Day has written another book, Life with Mother, about his inexhaustibly fascinating parents. Then came the play, one of the most successful ever to appear on Broadway, still outstaying newcomers four years later. " " It is great news today that these three books about Father and Mother are now for the first time gathered in one volume. Any reader who wants to enjoy the richest characters and most entertaining family life to appear between book covers in anybody's lifetime can now read about the Days from start to finish. Anyone who wants to put into his library for safekeeping the literary characters of his generation with the greatest expectations of immorality will find them all in one volume and bursting the stitching. " Contents includes: " GOD AND MY FATHER INTRODUCTION: GOD AND MY FATHER MY FATHER'S RELIGION MY FATHER AND HIS PASTORS MY MOTHER'S DISCOVERY MY FATHER'S DARK HOUR MY FATHER ENTERS THE CHURCH LIFE WITH FATHER A HOLIDAY WITH FATHER FATHER ON HORSEBACK FATHER IS FIRM WITH HIS AILMENTS FATHER WAKES UP THE VILLAGE FATHER DECLINES TO BE KILLED FATHER HIRES A COOK FATHER FEELS STARVED FATHER THUMPS ON THE FLOOR THE GIFT OF SONG THE NOBLEST INSTRUMENT FATHER TRIES TO MAKE MOTHER LIKE FIGURES FATHER AND HIS HARD-ROCKING SHIP FATHER HAS TROUBLE WITH THE LAND OF EGYPT FATHER TEACHES ME TO BE PROMPT FATHER INTERFERES WITH THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM MOTHER AND THE ARMENIAN FATHER OPENS MY MAIL FATHER SENDS ME TO THE WORLD'S FAIR FATHER'S OLD TROUSERS FATHER LETS IN THE TELEPHONE FATHER ISN'T MUCH HELP FATHER SEWS ON A BUTTONS FATHER AND THE CRUSADER'S THIRD WIFE FATHER AMONG THE POTTED PALMS FATHER HAS A BAD NIGHT FATHER AND HIS OTHER SELVES FATHER FINDS GUESTS IN THE HOUSE FATHER AND HIS PET RUG FATHER AND THE FRENCH COURT FATHER PLANS TO GET OUT LIFE WITH MOTHER MOTHER READS MY ARTICLE TO FATHER MOTHER AND FATHER MEET FATHER VISITS THE WAR FATHER'S METHODS OF COURTSHIP GRANDPA ASSISTS AT A SÉANCE MOTHER SHOW US OFF NOBLE BOYS MOTHER GIVES FATHER A SURPRISE FATHER BUYS A BOAT MOTHER ON HORSEBACK MOTHER AND BESSIE SKINNER'S RING FATHER BRIGHTENS THE SICKROOM MOTHER GETS AN ALLOWANCE FATHER AND OLD MOTHER EARTH FATHER INVESTS IN A LIVERY MOTHER AND OUR WICKED MARE FATHER'S TROUBLESOME NEIGHBOR MOTHER MAKES A MUSTARD PLASTER MOTHER AND PUG DOGS AND RUBBER TREES MOTHER PLAYS HER ROLE FATHER'S HOME DISAPPEARS MOTHER TRAVELS ALONE MOTHER AND THE SERVANT PROBLEM MOTHER'S LAST HOME " This book is in very nice condition with some normal wear. The dust jacket is very worn with wear and tear along the edges. The side edges of the pages are slightly yellowed due to aging. No torn or ripped pages. No other markings or writing. |