![]() ![]() Translated into thirty languages, Cheaper by the Dozen, along with its sequel, Belles on their Toes, was a best seller and was made into a successful film. Published in 1949, this book was Gilbreth’s collaboration with his older sister, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, about their childhood as two of twelve children in a house managed like a factory. Gilbreth is best known as the coauthor of Cheaper by the Dozen. He left the navy as a lieutenant commander and was awarded a Bronze Star and two Air Medals for his service. During World War II, Gilbreth served in the Pacific as a naval officer and aerial photographer. He then worked for the New York Herald Tribune, the Charleston News and Courier, Buenos Aires Herald, and the Associated Press. He graduated in 1933 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Johns College for a year, Gilbreth went on to the University of Michigan where he was editor of the university’s newspaper, the Michigan Daily. Gilbreth was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on March 17, 1911, the fifth child and eldest son of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, a pair of nationally known engineers and efficiency experts. ![]()
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