Looking for Betty MacDonald: The Egg, the Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I

by Paula J. Becker and Paula Becker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295999365
• ISBN13: 9780295999364
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher