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Author Toombs has sympathized so shrewdly in Raising a Riot that he is likely to be paid plenty in royalties. Toombs is an ex-newsman whose wife took ill and left him to care for their three children.
Wife of Alfred E. Toombs.
Apr 1, 2012 · 16 ratings4 reviews. The book was based on Toombs' real life experience of having to look after his children after having been away from them at war for three years. 252 pages, Paperback. First published April 1, 2012. Book details & editions.
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Jul 4, 2024 · In 1951, the writer Alfred Toombs lamented in The Atlantic that his wife kept urging him to shed some pounds: “I am willing to shrug this matter off, but she is not. ‘There’s a diet starting ...
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Toombs, Alfred. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. (1912-1986) US author in whose Good as Gold (1955), a Satire set in Near Future Washington, District of Columbia, the Transmutation of gold, reversing the traditional alchemical process, produces shit. [JC]
ALFRED TOOMBS is the author of Honeymoon for Seven and Raising a Riot.A notire of Dallas, Texas, he worked on news papers in Washington and Chicago and now lives on an island in southern Maryland.
Raising a Riot by Alfred Toombs Raising a Riot is about a father who is caring for his three children while his wife is away from the family. It's a true story written by a former newspaperman who had no idea how tough it would be to take care of a home and children by himself.
