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May 29, 2018 · Born 15 August 1887, Kalamazoo, Michigan; died 16 April 1968, New York, New York. Daughter of Jacob C. and Julia Neuman Ferber. Edna Ferber began her writing career as a newspaper reporter in Appleton, Wisconsin, as well as in Milwaukee, and Chicago, but wrote her first novel, Dawn O'Hara (1911), during a prolonged illness.
Edna Ferber. 4.02. 3,408 ratings366 reviews. The basis for the classic film starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson, Giant is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber's sweeping generational tale of power, love, cattle barons, and oil tycoons, set in Texas during the first half of the twentieth century.
Jan 18, 2023 · Edna Ferber Revisited The first-generation Jewish American novelist exposed entrenched prejudices of her day. A reissue of The Girls introduces her wit to new readers.
