Bringing Up Ourselves

by Helen Gibson Hogue

published by Charles Scribner's Sons

___________1943___________

Red, brown and white dust jacket is very worn and torn with pieces missing along edges (a good-sized piece that fits back into the upper right corner with some of the title on it is saved inside front cover). Jacket is also sunned and rubbed, title still quite readable on jacket spine.

Hardcovers are mid-orange color with slight soil, bottom tips show light bumping and wear at points, upper tips of covers have light wear. Spine ends are lightly worn. Good, white title on spine. Top and bottom leaf edges with slight shelf soil, front leaf edge is unevenly trimmed although book does not state it is a book club edition, it does state on copyright page that it is a war-time edition. Covers and pages tight at binding.

Inside both covers and first and last blank pages show age browning, there are a few other quite small brown spots randomly in pages, no text is affected. At top of inside front cover is large, penciled school name - local school.

Book consists of 162 pages of which 4 are index pages and there are 5 "suggested reading" pages at back as well. Pages are mid-ivory in color; heavier, inexpensive paper. Few tiny nicks at edges, one page tip crease. I found few light pencil brackets and carefully erased them, might be a couple I missed.

Contents in 12 chapters: Personalities Defeat Principles

                                       Food that Nourishes Personality

                                       Back of It All Lies Feeling

                                       Patterns of Escape

                                       Patterns of Aggression

                                       The Cinderella of Personality

                                       Psychologically Prepared for Group Responsibility

                                       Psychologically Prepared for Work

                                       Psychologically Prepared for Marriage

                                       Resolving Tensions Creatively

                                       The Religious Need

                                       Our Heritage