After buying a large dilapidated house with "promise" and a small price tag, a couple and their six children set about making renovations, drawing on their only previous building experience: a toy chest

Helter Shelter

History

Combs, Ann

World

Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

WARNER BOOKS

Presents an account of the trials and tribulations of marriage and raising a large family, describing attempts to cope with the air force, living in Japan, six children, and a variety of problems

We'll Laugh About This, Someday

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Macmillan Pub. Co.

The firsthand adventures of Ann Combs, who married an Air Force officer, show her life both on and off the base and how she has survived her ordeals

Smith College Never Taught Me How to Salute

Politics & Government

Ty Crowell Co.

With examples from nature, including chickadees, trees, stars, and snakes, Alistair's grandfather explains to him that being old is a relative concept.

How Old Is Old?

Children's Books

PRICE/STERN/SLOAN

When Ann Combs, her husband Joe and their six children set about re-building a large dilapidated house on Bainbridge Island, their only prior experience in construction was building a toy chest from an instruction kit. In this classic chronicle of island life, you'll meet surgeons who look like longshoreman, longshoremen who play Mozart concertos, old Mr. Torgeson, who raises chickens so fat they break their legs leaping off their perches, and Grandma Harriott, who carves historical scenes on cubes of butter. Told with humor and heartwarming candor, this charming account of the pitfalls and pratfalls of do-it-yourself home remodeling makes high comedy of island idiosyncrasies and domestic travail. Readers are in for a treat!

Once Upon a Two by Four

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Endicott & Hugh Books

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