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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, Terry Ryan
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- ISBN
- 0743211235
- EAN
- 9780743211239
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
- Artist
- Terry Ryan
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0743211235
ISBN-13
9780743211239
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2028015
Product Key Features
Book Title
Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio : How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or less
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, General, Literary, Advertising & Promotion
Publication Year
2002
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Book Series
An Inspiring Memoir Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-018379
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
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The New YorkerThis plucky middle American chronicle, starring an unsinkable, relentlessly resourceful mother and her Madison Avenue-style magic, succeeds on many levels -- as a tale of family spirit triumphing over penury, as a history of mid-century American consumerism, and as a memoir about a woman who was both ahead of her time and unable to escape it., The New Yorker This plucky middle American chronicle, starring an unsinkable, relentlessly resourceful mother and her Madison Avenue-style magic, succeeds on many levels -- as a tale of family spirit triumphing over penury, as a history of mid-century American consumerism, and as a memoir about a woman who was both ahead of her time and unable to escape it.
Dewey Decimal
977.1/14043/092 B
Table Of Content
Contents Foreword by Suze Orman Part One 1. The Contester 2. Rhyme Does Pay 3. Supermarket Spree Part Two 4. The Sleeping Giant 5. Father of the Year 6. Too Damned Happy 7. Defiance 8. Tickle Hills Part Three 9. Poet Laureate 10. Giant Steps 11. Name That Sandwich Part Four 12. The Affadaisies 13. Round Robin 14. Going, Going, Gone Part Five 15. Hell and High Water 16. Mrs. Etchie 17. Such a Thing as Destiny Part Six 18. Rock Bottom 19. Her Weight in Gold Epilogue: A Truckload of Birds Afterword by Betsy Ryan
Synopsis
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio introduces Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the "contest era" of the 1950s and 1960s. Stepping back into a time when fledgling advertising agencies were active partners with consumers, and everyday people saw possibility in every coupon, Terry Ryan tells how her mother kept the family afloat by writing jingles and contest entries. Mom's winning ways defied the Church, her alcoholic husband, and antiquated views of housewives. To her, flouting convention was a small price to pay when it came to securing a happy home for her six sons and four daughters. Evelyn, who would surely be a Madison Avenue executive if she were working today, composed her jingles not in the boardroom, but at the ironing board. By entering contests wherever she found them--TV, radio, newspapers, direct-mail ads--Evelyn Ryan was able to win every appliance her family ever owned, not to mention cars, television sets, bicycles, watches, a jukebox, and even trips to New York, Dallas, and Switzerland. But it wasn't just the winning that was miraculous; it was the timing. If a toaster died, one was sure to arrive in the mail from a forgotten contest. Days after the bank called in the second mortgage on the house, a call came from the Dr Pepper company: Evelyn was the grand-prize winner in its national contest--and had won enough to pay the bank. Graced with a rare appreciation for life's inherent hilarity, Evelyn turned every financial challenge into an opportunity for fun and profit. From her frenetic supermarket shopping spree--worth $3,000 today--to her clever entries worthy of Erma Bombeck, Dorothy Parker, and Ogden Nash, the story of this irrepressible woman whose talents reached far beyond her formidable verbal skills is told in The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio with an infectious joy that shows how a winning spirit will triumph over the poverty of circumstance., This package includes a physical copy of Macroeconomics by O'Sullivan, Sheffrin and Perez as well as access to the eText and MyEconLab. Questions that drive interest, applications that illustrate concepts, and the tools to test and solidify comprehension. Students come into their first Economics course thinking they will gain a better understanding of the economy around them. Unfortunately, they often leave with many unanswered questions. 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Graced with a rare appreciation for life's inherent hilarity, Evelyn turned every financial challenge into an opportunity for fun and profit. The story of this irrepressible woman, whose clever entries are worthy of Erma Bombeck, Dorothy Parker, and Ogden Nash, is told by her daughter Terry with an infectious joy that shows how a winning spirit will always triumph over poverty., The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohiointroduces Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the "contest era" of the 1950s and 1960s. Evelyn's winning ways defied the church, her alcoholic husband, and antiquated views of housewives. To her, flouting convention was a small price to pay when it came to raising her six sons and four daughters.Graced with a rare appreciation for life's inherent hilarity, Evelyn turned every financial challenge into an opportunity for fun and profit. The story of this irrepressible woman, whose clever entries are worthy of Erma Bombeck, Dorothy Parker, and Ogden Nash, is told by her daughter Terry with an infectious joy that shows how a winning spirit will always triumph over poverty.
LC Classification Number
CT275.R8964 A3 2001
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