The Bottlewasher : Selections from a Small-Town Newspaper Column.. Kay T. Reilly

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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Last 62 pages have some staining/water damage to corner of pages(does not affect legibility of ...
Modification Description
Personalized inscription on 1/2 title page(possibly from author).
Era
1950s
Personalized
Yes
Inscribed
Yes
Modified Item
Yes
ISBN
9781401021139
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Xlibris Corporation LLC
ISBN-10
1401021131
ISBN-13
9781401021139
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30275104

Product Key Features

Book Title
Bottlewasher : Selections from a Small-Town Newspaper Column of the Early 1950's
Topic
Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2001
Number of Pages
262 Pages
Language
English
Genre
Social Science
Author
Kay T. Reilly, Gretta H. Trainer
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2001-117750
TitleLeading
The
Synopsis
Few homemakers worked outside the home while Kay Trainer Reilly was growing up in Wisconsin. When she was 13, her mother accepted a job as a reporter for their local newspaper office. During those pre-feminist years (1951-55), Gretta also wrote a humorous, tongue-in-cheek, weekly column that attracted many fans. In some ways, she could be compared to the late columnist Erma Bombeck, who came on the scene years later. In The Bottlewasher column Gretta claims that she has to please not only "The Big Wheel" at the office, but also her banker husband ("the Head of the house"), three kids, and a temperamental fox terrier at home. She therefore refers to herself as "a bottlewasher in two establishments." After she died in 1991, Kay felt that her mother´s unique and entertaining thoughts could be shared with other generations. So she chose 69 pieces from the column and added an introduction, occasional footnotes, and an epilogue. The result is a light-hearted, often hilarious book that brings to life a small town and its inhabitants from another era--sure to amuse and inform readers of today. Anyone interested in newspaper work will delight in learning how the Bottlewasher´s place of employment produced a twice-weekly tabloid using equipment and methods that would be considered archaic today. Several of the pieces describe in detail the Bottlewasher´s many duties at the office, and explain how some of the machines actually function. Memoirs are often adorned with hazy "facts" that are not always accurate. THE BOTTLEWASHER tells what life was really like fifty years ago. The reader gets the lowdown right from the horse´s mouth, you might say!
LC Classification Number
F589.S68T73 2001

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