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A Peculiar Treasure: Autobiography (American Biography)
by
Edna Ferber
Sparkling with humor and insight, this brilliant autobiography, published in 1938, reads as if it were written yesterday.
"Here is her dramatic story, told with wit and humor and compassion, intensity and pride, and always with brilliant reporting." (The New York Times)
Edna Ferber began her writing career as a newspaper reporter in Chicago and Milwaukee. She was catapulted
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Hardcover
,
383 pages
Published
October 28th 1991
by Reprint Services Corp
(first published 1939)
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I loved this book. Edna grew up in the late 1800s in little towns in middle America, often the only Jewish family in the area. That alone was hard. Always interesting to me to hear what people remember about their beginnings. SHE was a woman of the times, beginning to just break out of the old female roles. At 17 she wanted to be a newspaper reporter. With malice, they assigned her to cover the night court proceedings. A virginal, sheltered girl with a big ribbon in her hair, heard about prostit
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A charming autobiography by the critically and popularly successful author of
So Big
and
Show Boat
and playwriting collaborator of George S. Kaufman. Ferber is largely forgotten these days, but some years ago, my mother mentioned this memoir as particularly influential to her, and I can understand why: modest high school-educated Midwestern girl stumbles into newspaper writing and eventually makes good. An aspect of Ferber that is less apparent in her novels is her Jewish heritage; writing here,
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This, the first volume of Edna Ferber's memoirs, is a real walk in the past. It ends midway in her fascinating life, to be picked up by a companion volume over twenty years later. The author of "Show Boat," "Giant," and "So Big" led just as interesting a life as her many famed characters.
Mar 16, 2013
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Ferber is a national treasure, and viewing the 20th century through her eyes and experiences is fascinating. I might become a Ferber evangelist.
an endearing,personal account of a well loved newspaper woman,author, playwright and commentator of our countries "mindset" 1900-1950's
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Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were popular in her lifetime and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning
So Big
(1924),
Show Boat
(1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical),
Cimarron
(1929; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), and
Giant
(1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).
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