Picture 1 of 1
Picture 1 of 1
THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO by Terry Ryan FREE SHIPPING paperback book
US $7.47
Condition:
“FREE USA SHIPPING. Thanks for checking out our listing! How can you go wrong?? Anyways, please ”... Read moreabout condition
Shipping:
Located in: Novi, Michigan, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Thu, Jun 6 and Sat, Jun 8 to 43230
Returns:
Payments:
Special financing available. See terms and apply now- for PayPal Credit, opens in a new window or tab
Earn up to 5x points when you use your eBay Mastercard®. Learn moreabout earning points with eBay Mastercard
Shop with confidence
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:285020045717
Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Subject
- Memoir
- ISBN
- 9780743211239
- Book Title
- Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio : How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or less
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Women, General, Literary, Advertising & Promotion
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 13.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
About this product
Product Information
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.
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
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, General, Literary, Advertising & Promotion
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ct275.R8964 A3 2001
Reviews
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.
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
Copyright Date
2001
Lccn
2001-018379
Dewey Decimal
977.1/14043/092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Item description from the seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:285020045717
Shipping and handling
Item location:
Novi, Michigan, United States
Ships to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Europe, Fiji, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Excludes:
Barbados, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Libya, Martinique, New Caledonia, Reunion, Russian Federation, US Protectorates, Ukraine, Venezuela
| Shipping and handling | To | Service | Delivery*See Delivery notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free shipping | United States | Economy Shipping | Estimated between Thu, Jun 6 and Sat, Jun 8 to 43230 |
| US $7.00 | United States | Standard Shipping | Estimated between Thu, Jun 6 and Sat, Jun 8 to 43230 |
| Handling time |
|---|
| Will usually ship within 1 business day of receiving cleared payment. |
| Taxes |
|---|
| Taxes may be applicable at checkout. Learn moreLearn more about paying tax on eBay purchases. |
Return policy
| After receiving the item, contact seller within | Refund will be given as | Return shipping |
|---|---|---|
| 30 days | Money Back | Buyer pays for return shipping |
Refer to eBay Return policyopens in a new tab or window for more details. You are covered by the eBay Money Back Guaranteeopens in a new tab or window if you receive an item that is not as described in the listing.
Payment details
Payment methods
Seller feedback (34,740)
4***4 (12)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past 6 months
Verified purchase
Good price, fast shipping, great experience. Finally got all 3 books. A+++++
g***g (554)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past 6 months
Verified purchase
Book was covered with writing in front and back covers. Didn't show pics or mention this in the details. It was a gift. Contacted the seller but no response. Very unhappy.
Reply from: explorersmarket- Feedback replied by seller explorersmarket.- Feedback replied by seller explorersmarket.
Used books are terrible gifts, unless you are trying to express to someone that you are secretly not a fan
u***r (1216)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
A+ SELLER - Thanks for the great communication, packaging & quick shippin
Product ratings and reviews
Most relevant reviews
- Jun 10, 2013
Book about less complicated times; this is why women should run the world.
- Jun 18, 2015
A fun and interesting read that left me wanting to know this family better.
- Sep 05, 2010
The Prizewinner of Defiance Ohio
- May 15, 2019
the Prize winner of Defiance, Ohio
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: your_online_bookstore
- Jan 29, 2010
Love It!
More to explore :
- Terry Deary Paperbacks Books,
- Nonfiction Ships Paperbacks Books,
- Terry Pratchett Fiction Paperbacks Books,
- Terry Goodkind Fiction Paperbacks Books,
- Terry Deary Nonfiction Paperbacks Books,
- Paperbacks Books,
- Trade Paperbacks Books,
- Paperbacks Books in English,
- Trade Paperbacks Books in English,
- Vintage Paperback Books for Children