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| 1887 - 1968 Edna Ferber was disappointed that she never had the money to attend college, but she managed to build a career as a reporter and writer that earned her recognition as "the greatest American woman novelist of her time." She worked for the Milwaukee Journal and the Chicago Tribune, and was a war correspondent during World War II. Like many of her contemporaries, Ferber expressed her belief in rugged American individualism in her fiction. Critics see her writing as insightful on a sentimental rather than a profound level. Her novels and stories are slices of American life, and many of them were so well-received that they were adapted for the stage and film. The musical version of "Show Boat" was a hit both on Broadway and on the screen. Other films based on Ferber's work include "So Big," "Dinner at Eight," and "Giant," which starred James Dean. Works: - Dawn O'Hara, 1911
- Buttered Side Down, 1912
- Personality Plus, 1913
- Roast Beef Medium, 1913
- Emma McChesney and Co., 1915
- Fanny Herself, 1917
- Cheerful, By Request, 1918
- Half Portions, 1919
- The Girls, 1921
- Gigolo, 1922
- Minick, 1924
- So Big, 1924
- Show Boat, 1926
- Stage Door, 1926
- The Royal Family, 1927
- Mother Knows Best, 1927
- Cimarron, 1930
- American Beauty, 1931
- Dinner at Eight, 1932
- They Brought Their Women, 1933
- Come and Get It, 1935
- Nobody's In Town, 1938
- A Peculiar Treasure, (autobiography) 1939
- No Room at the Inn, 1941
- Saratoga Trunk, 1941
- The Land is Bright, (with George Kaufman) 1941
- Great Son, 1945
- One Basket, (short stories) 1947
- Bravo! (with George Kaufman) 1949
- Giant, 1952
- Ice Palace, 1958
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