The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan

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. 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.

TERRY RYAN has been a professional trainer since 1968, and has published extensively in the dog training field throughout the world. She lectures internationally and hosts seminars and camps for other leading dog trainers and canine behavior specialists. She is a member of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors; Association of Pet Dog Trainers; the Institute of Ethology at the North American Wildlife Foundation at Wolf Park, Delta Society; and an AKC obedience trial judge. She is the director of Animal Fanciers School in Japan. She lives on the Olympic Penninsula in Washington State. KIRSTEN MORTENSEN is a professional writer. She lives in Rochester, New York.

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ISBN 13	9780743273930
ISBN 10	0743273931
Title	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Author	Terry Ryan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2005-09-01
Number of pages	352
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