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It is more than thatit is an epica saga of the middle west woods done sometimes in pastels, sometimes in rugged, bold strokes, and so artistically blended that you hardly know where the pastels end and the rugged strokes begin. Wikipedia article, commons category, wikidata item. Fanny brandeis is a jewish girl from a small town in wisconsin with big dreams semiautobiographical as i understand it. Discount prices on books by edna ferber, including titles like cheerfulby request. Ferber achieved her first successes with a series of stories centering around this character, a stylish and intelligent divorced mother who rises rapidly in business. A wonderful story covering three generations of life in the vast expanse of texas, one of edna ferbers finest literary achievements. She covered the 1920 republican and democratic national conventions for the united press association. Edna ferber has 99 books on goodreads with 35773 ratings.
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