An utterly delightful set of thirty little lessons in savoir faire and self-reliance...from social graces to pratical skills to dealing with emergencies. Have you taught your children how to carve a turkey, iron a shirt, write a thank-you note, jump start a car, unclog a drain, arrange flowers and wrap a present? Need a little help yourself? Rising to the Occasion is an amusing collection of how-to's for what used to be considered the basics of civilized life! A cross between a turn-of-the-century etiquette book and a Boy Scout manual with a smattering of Popular Mechanics thrown in.
