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by Terry Ryan read by Carrington MacDuffie 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.
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 ...
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.
Jan 29, 2006 · Ms. TERRY RYAN (Author, Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio): I remember the first big wind so clearly. We were just told by the landlord that we were being evicted form the two-bedroom rental house on ...
Mar 8, 2022 · The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio : how my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less by Ryan, Terry, 1946-2007. Publication date 2001 Topics
May 18, 2007 · Terry Ryan, who wrote the book The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio that later became a movie about how her mother kept the family financially afloat by winning jingle contests, has died. Ryan, 60 ...
Jan 1, 2001 · In the early 1950s, Ryan started entering contests, composing her jingles, poems, and essays at the ironing board. She won household appliances, bikes, watches, clocks, and, occasionally, cash. She won a freezer, and several weeks later, she won a supermarket shopping-spree.
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