Erma Bombeck Bibliography of Adult Writings
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Books by Erma Bombeck All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. At Wit's End. Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett, 1967. Aunt Erma's Cope Book: How to Get from Monday to Friday- in 12 days. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979. The Best of Bombeck. New York: Galahad Books, 1991. (Contents: At wits end--Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own--I Lost Everything in the Post- natal Depression. ) Best of Erma Bombeck: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997. Erma Bombeck, Her Funniest Moments From “At Wit’s End”. Kansas City: MO. Hallmark Editions, 1977. Erma Bombeck: Giant Economy Size. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980. Book Club edition. (Contents: At wit's end - Just wait till you have children of your own. - I lost everything in the post-natal depression). Family: the Ties That Bind-and Gag! New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. Forever, Erma: Best-loved Writing from America's Favorite Humorist. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996. Four of a kind: a Suburban Field Guide: a Treasury of Works by America's Best-loved Humorist. New York: Budget Book Service, 1996. [reprint of the following work] Four of a kind: a Treasury of Favorite Works by America's Best-loved Humorist. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976. “How to Punctuate.” In How to Use the Power of the Printed Word : Thirteen Articles Packed With Facts and Practical Information, Designed to Help You Read Better, Write Better, Communicate Better. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press, 1985. I Lost Everything in the Post-natal Depression. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973. I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1989. If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978. Bombeck, Erma and Keane, Bil. "Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!” Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. Make Me a Grandmother. In Creme de la Femme: a Collection of the Best Contemporary Women Writers, Lyricists, Playwrights and Cartoonists. edited by Nancy Davis. New York: Random House, 1997. A Marriage Made in Heaven: or Too Tired for an Affair. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Men! : A Lighthearted Look. edited by Kitty Clevenger and Aileene Neighbors; illustrated by Kate O'Sann. Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Cards, 1974. Motherhood, the Second Oldest Profession. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. Take Charge of Your Life at Any Age. In Misdiagnosis: Woman as a Disease. , edited by Karen M. Hicks. Allentown, PA: People's Medical Society, 1994. When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. Introductions to Books by Erma Bombeck Carpenter, Liz. Unplanned Parenthood: the Confessions of a Septuagenarian Surrogate Mother. New York: Random House, 1994. Introduction by Erma Bombeck. Udall, Morris K. with Bob Neuman and Randy Udall. Too Funny to Be President. New York: H. Holt, 1988. Foreward by Erma Bombeck. Erma Bombeck’s Writings in Collections Democracy: a Project. Seattle: Bay Press, 1990. Bombeck, Erma. “Dinner at Eight (seconds).” Reader’s Digest Treasury of Humorous Writing. Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest Association, 1988. Bombeck, Erma. “The Family That Plays Together Gets on Each Other’s Nerves.” And “Out of the Nest.” Selections from Reader's Digest Condensed Books and Other Digest Publications. Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Fund for the Blind, 1979. Bombeck, Erma. The Best of Erma Bombeck. Periodicals Articles by Erma Bombeck “All Creatures Are Not Created Equal!” Good Housekeeping, 219 n2 Aug. 1994, 18. “All I Know About Animal Behavior…I Learned in Loehmann’s Dressing Room.” [excerpt] Good Housekeeping. 221 Oct. 1995, 113-15+. “As Long As He Needs Me” [excerpt from A Marriage Made in Heaven] Saturday Evening Post, 266 Mar./Apr. 1994, 60-61. “Backseat Sounds Along the Vacation Highway.” Today’s Health, 52 July 1974, 50-1. “Best Cake I Never Tasted.” Good Housekeeping, 217 Dec. 1993, 16. “Boston Straggler [sic] is a Tour Type Not to be Missed.” Smithsonian, 8 June 1977, 128. “Can You Open Your Closet Without Hurting Yourself?” [excerpt from Aunt Erma’s Cope Book] Reader’s Digest, 117 Sept. 1980, 78-80. “Cauliflower Love.” [condensed from A Marriage Made in Heaven] Reader’s Digest, 144 Jan. 1994, 87-88. “Christmas at my House.” [excerpt from Family] Ladies Home Journal, 104 Dec. 1987, 160-1+. “A Christmas Treasury from Erma.” Good Housekeeping, 223 n6 Dec. 96,134-6. “Class Reunion’s Coming!” Good Housekeeping, 220 Feb. 1995, 22. “Confessions of an Officer in the Girl Scout Cookie Corps.” [excerpt from The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank.] McCalls, 104 Nov. 1976, 74. “Dispatches From the Home Front.” Reader’s Digest, 150 Mar 1997, 145-148. “Family: the Ties That Bind …and Gag!” [excerpt] Redbook, 169 Sept. 1987, 186-8+. “Firmer Erma.” Ladies Home Journal, 94 Aug. 1977, 32. “First 12 Days of School.” Reader’s Digest, 111 Sept. 1977, 81-82. “Forget Gas and Food: Teen-agers Need Suds.” Teen, 30 Dec. 1986, 91. “Four Faces of Erma.” Today’s Health, 49 Aug. 1971, 30-33. “Daddy Doll Under the Bed.” Readers Digest, 126 June 1985, 49-50. “Dispatches from the Home Front.” [condensed from Forever, Erma] Reader’s Digest, 150 Mar. 1997, 145-6+. “Do You Work – Or Are You Justa [ sic ] Housewife?” [excerpt from address] Ladies Home Journal, 95 Feb. 1978, 149-50. “Doctor, Waitress, Car Wash, IRS: Why is Everybody in Such a Hurry?” . [ excerpt from All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room.] Cosmopolitan, 221, no 1 July 1996, 134-137. “Don’t You Dare Bleed on Mom’s Breakfast!” [condensed from Motherhood] Reader’s Digest, 126 May 1985, 87-8. “Erma Gets Out of the House – And How!” Travel & Leisure, 21 Oct. 1991, 172-179. “The Game You Can’t Win.” [excerpt from Motherhood] McCalls, 112 Dec. 1984, 14. “Gardening Against the Odds.” Good Housekeeping, 176 May 1973, 42+. “Grass is Greener You Know Where: so Erma Bombeck Reports on 100 years of U.S. Pollution.” People, 10 Dec. 25, 1978, 176-8. Guest Columnist: Erma Bombeck. Teen, Dec. 1988, 14. “Happy Homemaker Finds Cleaning Up In Hollywood is No Simple Chore.” People, 16 Nov. 9, 1981, 59- 60. “HAPPYTOGETHER [sic].” Bride’s & Your New Home, 61 n2 April, 1994 202. “Have a Good Day.” [excerpt from If Life is a Bowl of Cherries – What Am I Doing in the Pits]. Saturday Evening Post, 250 Oct. 1978, 60-1+. “Healthiest-Looking Man in the Doctor’s Office.” Today’s Health, 50 Aug. 1972, 46-47. “Help! Mom’s Gone to Work.” [excerpt from If Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries – What Am I Doing in the Pits?] Reader’s Digest, 113 Nov. 1978, 121-123. “Help Stamp Out Long Tables.” Today’s Education, 61 May 1972, 41. “The High Cost of Raising a Daughter.” Teen, 31 Dec. 1987, 64. “How I Made It to the Top.” [excerpt from Beginnings] Ladies Home Journal, 95 Oct. 1978, 106+. “Husband in Charge.” Reader’s Digest, 104 Mar. 1974, 84-86. “I Am Going to be More Assertive…If It’s Okay with You.” [excerpt from Aunt Erma’s Cope Book] McCalls, 107 Oct. 1979, 109+. “I Loved You Best.” [condensed from Motherhood] Reader’s Digest, 124 Jan. 1984, 39-42. “I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise.” [excerpt] Woman’s Day, Oct. 24, 1989, 121- 123. “I Want Your Job, Vanna.” Family Circle, 101 n2 Feb. 2, 1988, 50-52. “If I Had My Life to Live Over.” Saturday Evening Post, 253 Nov. 1981, 17. “If I Had My Life to Live Over.” [reprinted from Saturday Evening Post] Reader’s Digest, 120 April 1982, 150. “If Life is a Bowl of Cherries – What Am I Doing in the Pits?” [excerpts] McCalls, 105 Mar. 1978, 103-5+. Apr. 1978, 84+. May 1978, 136-9. 106 Dec. 1978, 95. “If Life is a Bowl of Cherries – What Am I Doing in the Pits?” [excerpt] Reader’s Digest, 113 July 1978, 81-84. “In Sickness & In Health.” [excerpt from A Marriage Made in Heaven] Redbook, 182 Nov. 1993, 108-9+. “In Tribute: the Best of Erma Bombeck.” Good Housekeeping, 223 July 1996, 84-5. “Laughing Through the Rites, and Wrongs, of Spring.” Today’s Health, 51 May 1973, 52-53. “Light Housekeeping: Hair Today, Still Here Tomorrow.” Good Housekeeping, 221 n5 Nov. 1995, 252. “Me and the Box Queen.” [condensed from All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann’s Dressing Room] Reader’s Digest, 148 March 1996, 33-4. “Me and the Miniskirt.” Good Housekeeping, 169 Sept. 1969, 58+. “Me Have Cancer?” Reader’s Digest, 142 Apr. 1993, 96-98. “Muddling Through Motherhood.” Good Housekeeping, 218 n5 May 1994, 24. “My Christmas Craft Revelation.” Good Housekeeping, 221 n6 Dec. 1995, 248. “My Marriage Was Made in Heaven…” [excerpt from A Marriage Made in Heaven] Good Housekeeping, 217 Sept. 1993, 92-3+. “My Mother.” [excerpt from Motherhood] McCalls, 112 May 1985, 92+. “The Oldest Living Fruitcake.” Ladies Home Journal, 112 Dec. 1995, 176. “One Woman’s Howling Success with Football’s Monday Nights and Saturday Knights.” Today’s Health, 49 Oct. 1971, 26-27. “Pity the Child Whose Parents Are With It.” [excerpt from Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!] Today’s Health, 50 Feb. 1972, 38-9.