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Out On a Limb

By: Louise Maxwell Baker

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At the age of eight, Louise Baker lost her right leg above the knee as a result of a road accident; she was on her very first bike ride. With a grand sense of humor and great spiritual courage, she faced life with a seemingly irreconcilable handicap. OUT ON A LIMB, her personal story, is not only one of the most stimulating and amusing books; but even more, it will be a revelation to all who have at any time been faced with personal disaster. Louise Baker mastered her tragedy and had a whale of a lot of fun doing it. One moment, she would play the part of a dare-devil female parachute, the next, a fearless alpine skier whose foot had been frozen rescuing a snowbound child—she had to fabricate the most fantastic tales to crush the typical little boy question, “Hey, Lady! Where’s your leg?” She made her very crutches a part of woman’s vanity—using different colors for different ensembles. She did everything a normal woman could do and more: competed with other reporters on a news beat, discovered her own and highly unconventional means of holding her beaux in college, went to live with her new husband in the wilds of Arizona, set out on a hilarious trip to Europe. Whenever the world seemed totally against her, she could console herself with Webster’s definition of “handicap”: “A race...in which an artificial disadvantage is imposed on a superior contestant.” OUT ON A LIMB has a special significance for these times. Louise Baker’s story is told with sympathy and an understanding for all who have suffered similar misfortunes. Her life was not one colored with unhappiness, but filled with energy and purpose—the picture of a woman who enjoyed each day to the fullest.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1787208842

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9781787208841

Snips and Snails

By: Louise Maxwell Baker

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Snips and Snails

By: Louise Maxwell Baker

“LITTLE did I suspect what I was grooming myself for when I used to sit up straight at table and eat my spinach like a good girl. I thought I was minding my Ps and Qs and my mother so I could have my dessert. But, actually, what I was unwittingly doing was nourishing my blood and sinew and building the Body Beautiful for sacrifice on the altar of Pedagogy. So help me—in my dewy innocence, I was growing up to be a schoolteacher...” In Snips and Snails, first published in 1953, the author of the hilarious bestseller Out on a Limb, Louise Baker, finds herself in an even more precarious position as teacher, “mother,” and town marshal at a boy’s school...

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1787209911

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Out On a Limb

By: Louise Maxwell Baker

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Snips and Snails

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Sherman the Frog Meets the Snow Princess

By: Louise E. Flodin

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Sherman the Frog Meets the Snow Princess

By: Louise E. Flodin

When Sherman the Frog makes a dream-wish to the Snow Princess to play in the snow, he is surprised at the gifts he is given when he wakes up.

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Tree of Life Pub

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0974505250

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Fodor-London Companion

By: Louise Nicholson

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Fodor-London Companion

By: Louise Nicholson

An insider's advanced companion to Fodor's standard guide, written in a personal, conversational style by a life-long London resident. Flexibind cover.

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0679020020

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9780679020028

Book's by Louise Maxwell Baker

Out On a Limb

Out On a Limb

Snips and Snails

Snips and Snails

Out On a Limb

Out On a Limb

Snips and Snails

Snips and Snails

Sherman the Frog Meets the Snow Princess

Sherman the Frog Meets the Snow Princess

Fodor-London Companion

Fodor-London Companion

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