No need to buy it unless you have a desire to read it repeatedly. You can read it online for freeI just put a bid on it on eBay.
Now THERE is a cheerful children's story!
Yeah, you are right not much could go wrongIt was a cheerful era Bruce. WW2 and Korea were over and the economy was booming. (so were the sonic booms and Khrushchev's shoe banging)
What could possibly go wrong?