Plain-spoken rhymes about ordinary American life: getting to know a fellow before judging him, what a baby costs, Ma learning to ride in the auto, a rough little rascal of a boy, going home for Christmas and boiling sap at the sugar camp. The best known is the poem that gave the book its title, beginning with the line that it takes a heap o’ living in a house to make it home.
Warm, sentimental verse that made Guest one of the most widely read poets in America. Download the free EPUB.