Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber was one of the most successful American popular novelists of the mid-twentieth century, writing sprawling chronicles of American regional life that were frequently adapted into celebrated films and musicals. She won the Pulitzer Prize for So Big.
Works
- So BigNovel about a truck farmer's son and his struggle to establish himself in rural America
- Show BoatNovel of theatrical life along the Mississippi River during the golden age of showboats
- CimarronEpic novel following the settling of Oklahoma territory and the clash between Native Americans and settlers
- GiantNovel depicting the rise of Texas oil barons and the transformation of the landscape and society
- Saratoga TrunkNovel of a woman's romantic adventures and social climbing in antebellum New Orleans and Reconstruction