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Roast Beef, Medium (Emma McChesney trilogy #1), first published in 1913 is a novel by Pulitzer Prize winner, the American novelist Edna Ferber. This book follows the adventures of Emma McChesney, a smart and savvy divorced mother who travels the Midwest as a sales representative for a large skirt and petticoat manufacturer. Her many adventures with people, (including predatory salesmen and hotel clerks), are funny and poignant. She is hardworking and able to outsell the slickest of the men salesmen. She has learned to focus on her work and her seventeen-year-old son, Jock. Experience has taught her that it is usually best to stick to roast beef, medium and not get stomach ache with fancy sauces and exotic dishes. This is the first of three volumes following the career and adventures of Emma McChesney. The second volume is Personality Plus (1914) and the third volume is Emma McChesney and Company (1915). Edna Ferber rose to fame, in fact, on her short stories about the adventures of Emma, about whom the phrase one smart cookie might have been coined. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

Buttered Side Down is a short story collection, first published in 1912, by American novelist Edna Ferber, who won the Pulitzer price in 1925. The Stories included are: - The frog and the puddle - The man who came back - What she wore - A bush league hero - The kitchen side of the door - One of the old girls - Maymeys from Cuba - The leading lady - That home-town feeling - The homely heroine - Sun dried - Where the car turns at 18th. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

Personality Plus (Emma McChesney trilogy #2) is an early novel by American author Edna Ferber. Originally published in 1914, Personality Plus is the second of three volumes chronicling the travels and events in the life of Emma McChesney. The first volume is Roast Beef, Medium (1913) and the third volume is Emma McChesney and Company (1915). Ferber achieved her first successes with a series of stories centering on this character, a stylish and intelligent divorced mother who rises rapidly in business. After ten years on the road as the Midwestern sales representative for T.A. Buck’s Featherloom skirts and petticoats the savvy, stylish, tell-it-like-it-is Emma McChesney now shares a New York City apartment with her plucky 21-year-old son Jock. She shares this story with him too--Emma’s busy being T. A. Buck, Jr.’s business partner and Jock’s trying to break into 1914’s version of Mad Men by getting a job in the up and coming business of advertising. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

The Homely Heroine is a short story by American author Edna Ferber. It features a writer whose heroines are generally extremely beautiful. But one day, whilst she is out shopping, a shop-keeper asks her why she doesn’t write stories about a homelier heroine. The Homely Heroine is followed by A Bush League Hero, What she Wore, and The Man Who Came Back. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American author. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and of Jewish descent, she suffered a lot from antisemitism, especially as a child, and was riddled with fear as she witness the Nazi Party party rise in Germany and gain followers across the Western world. Ferber won the Pulitzer Prize twice, in 1924 with her novel So Big and in 1926 with Show Boat . Furthermore, her novels Cimarron (1930), Giant (1952), Ice Palace (1958) were each adapted to film. Her novels are remembered and celebrated for their strong female characters and their unique rendering of their American setting.

The Homely Heroine is a short story by American author Edna Ferber. It features a writer whose heroines are generally extremely beautiful. But one day, whilst she is out shopping, a shop-keeper asks her why she doesn’t write stories about a homelier heroine. The Homely Heroine is followed by A Bush League Hero, What she Wore, and The Man Who Came Back. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American author. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and of Jewish descent, she suffered a lot from antisemitism, especially as a child, and was riddled with fear as she witness the Nazi Party party rise in Germany and gain followers across the Western world. Ferber won the Pulitzer Prize twice, in 1924 with her novel So Big and in 1926 with Show Boat . Furthermore, her novels Cimarron (1930), Giant (1952), Ice Palace (1958) were each adapted to film. Her novels are remembered and celebrated for their strong female characters and their unique rendering of their American setting.

Dawn O Hara, The Girl Who Laughed was Edna Ferber’s first novel, first published in 1911. Dawn, a newspaperwoman working in New York, finds herself back home in Michigan on doctor’s orders. Years of living in boarding-houses and working to pay for the care of her brilliant but mentally ill husband, Peter Orme, have taken their toll. At twenty-eight, Dawn feels like an old woman with no future. But, the loving care of her sister Norah and her family along with the attentions of the handsome German doctor, Ernst Von Gerhard, slowly bring Dawn back to life. With Dr. Von Gerhard’s help, she obtains a newspaper job in Milwaukee and begins a year of new adventures among new people. However, the specter of her husband living in a mental hospital is always present and Dawn fears she may never be free to love again. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

Dawn O Hara, The Girl Who Laughed was Edna Ferber’s first novel, first published in 1911. Dawn, a newspaperwoman working in New York, finds herself back home in Michigan on doctor’s orders. Years of living in boarding-houses and working to pay for the care of her brilliant but mentally ill husband, Peter Orme, have taken their toll. At twenty-eight, Dawn feels like an old woman with no future. But, the loving care of her sister Norah and her family along with the attentions of the handsome German doctor, Ernst Von Gerhard, slowly bring Dawn back to life. With Dr. Von Gerhard’s help, she obtains a newspaper job in Milwaukee and begins a year of new adventures among new people. However, the specter of her husband living in a mental hospital is always present and Dawn fears she may never be free to love again. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

Roast Beef, Medium (Emma McChesney trilogy #1), first published in 1913 is a novel by Pulitzer Prize winner, the American novelist Edna Ferber. This book follows the adventures of Emma McChesney, a smart and savvy divorced mother who travels the Midwest as a sales representative for a large skirt and petticoat manufacturer. Her many adventures with people, (including predatory salesmen and hotel clerks), are funny and poignant. She is hardworking and able to outsell the slickest of the men salesmen. She has learned to focus on her work and her seventeen-year-old son, Jock. Experience has taught her that it is usually best to stick to roast beef, medium and not get stomach ache with fancy sauces and exotic dishes. This is the first of three volumes following the career and adventures of Emma McChesney. Edna Ferber rose to fame, in fact, on her short stories about the adventures of Emma, about whom the phrase one smart cookie might have been coined. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

The Dancing Girls, and Other Stories contains four short-stories by two-times Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber, written between 1910 and 1919. The title story paints a pictures of small-town America and of life on the other side of the tracks. The Dancing Girls is followed by Old Lady Mandle, Long Distance, and One Hundred Percent. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American author. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and of Jewish descent, she suffered a lot from antisemitism, especially as a child, and was riddled with fear as she witness the Nazi Party party rise in Germany and gain followers across the Western world. Ferber won the Pulitzer Prize twice, in 1924 with her novel So Big and in 1926 with Show Boat . Furthermore, her novels Cimarron (1930), Giant (1952), Ice Palace (1958) were each adapted to film. Her novels are remembered and celebrated for their strong female characters and their unique rendering of their American setting.

Fanny Herself, by Pulitzer Price winning novelist Edna Ferber, was first published in 1917. Fanny Herself is the story of Fanny Brandeis, a young girl coming of age in the Midwest at the turn of the 20th century. It is generally considered to have been based on Ferber’s own experiences growing up in Appleton, Wisconsin. Fanny Herself is the intensely personal chronicle of a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. Packed with the warmth and the wry, sidelong wit that made Ferber one of the best-loved writers of her time, the novel charts Fanny s emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

The Dancing Girls, and Other Stories contains four short-stories by two-times Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber, written between 1910 and 1919. The title story paints a pictures of small-town America and of life on the other side of the tracks. The Dancing Girls is followed by Old Lady Mandle, Long Distance, and One Hundred Percent. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American author. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and of Jewish descent, she suffered a lot from antisemitism, especially as a child, and was riddled with fear as she witness the Nazi Party party rise in Germany and gain followers across the Western world. Ferber won the Pulitzer Prize twice, in 1924 with her novel So Big and in 1926 with Show Boat . Furthermore, her novels Cimarron (1930), Giant (1952), Ice Palace (1958) were each adapted to film. Her novels are remembered and celebrated for their strong female characters and their unique rendering of their American setting.

Personality Plus (Emma McChesney trilogy #2) is an early novel by American author Edna Ferber. Originally published in 1914, Personality Plus is the second of three volumes chronicling the travels and events in the life of Emma McChesney. Ferber achieved her first successes with a series of stories centering on this character, a stylish and intelligent divorced mother who rises rapidly in business. After ten years on the road as the Midwestern sales representative for T.A. Buck’s Featherloom skirts and petticoats the savvy, stylish, tell-it-like-it-is Emma McChesney now shares a New York City apartment with her plucky 21-year-old son Jock. She shares this story with him too--Emma’s busy being T. A. Buck, Jr.’s business partner and Jock’s trying to break into 1914’s version of Mad Men by getting a job in the up and coming business of advertising. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

Emma McChesney and Company (Emma McChesney trilogy #3) is a novel by American, Pulitzer prize winning novelist Edna Ferber, first published in 1915.  This is the final volume in the trilogy following the smart, stylish, divorced and independent businesswoman Emma McChesney in her career from stenographer, then drummer (traveling salesman) to owner of her own company. (The first was Roast Beef, Medium and the second Personality Plus). Emma s son, Jock, has moved to Chicago with his new wife. Emma decides to sell in South America and proves she has not lost her magic touch. Emma gets involved in romance, saving a business and many other things. Emma symbolizes the ideal woman at the dawn of the twentieth century: sharp, capable, charming, and progressive. Edna Ferber first gained success with these stories and later went on to write Show Boat, Giant and other well known books. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

Emma McChesney and Company (Emma McChesney trilogy #3) is a novel by American, Pulitzer prize winning novelist Edna Ferber, first published in 1915. This is the final volume in the trilogy following the smart, stylish, divorced and independent businesswoman Emma McChesney in her career from stenographer, then drummer (traveling salesman) to owner of her own company. (The first was Roast Beef, Medium and the second Personality Plus). Emma s son, Jock, has moved to Chicago with his new wife. Emma decides to sell in South America and proves she has not lost her magic touch. Emma gets involved in romance, saving a business and many other things. Emma symbolizes the ideal woman at the dawn of the twentieth century: sharp, capable, charming, and progressive. Edna Ferber first gained success with these stories and later went on to write Show Boat, Giant and other well known books. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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).  Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

One Basket is a sparkling collection of 7 short stories by Edna Ferber and includes some that are considered her all time best like The Woman Who Tried To be Good and The Maternal Feminine.   Writing for and about women, Edna Ferber touches the very heart and soul of what it means to be human to make good choices and bad to be weak and strong. The stories included in One Basket are: - The woman who tried to be good  (1913) - The gay old dog (1917) - That s marriage (1917) - Farmer in the dell (1919) - Un morso doo pang (1919) - Long distance (1919) - The maternal feminine. (1919) Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

Buttered Side Down is a short story collection, first published in 1912, by American novelist Edna Ferber, who won the Pulitzer price in 1925. The stories included are: - The frog and the puddle - The man who came back - What she wore - A bush league hero - The kitchen side of the door - One of the old girls - Maymeys from Cuba - The leading lady - That home-town feeling - The homely heroine - Sun dried - Where the car turns at 18th. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

Fanny Herself, by Pulitzer Price winning novelist Edna Ferber, was first published in 1917. Fanny Herself is the story of Fanny Brandeis, a young girl coming of age in the Midwest at the turn of the 20th century. It is generally considered to have been based on Ferber’s own experiences growing up in Appleton, Wisconsin. Fanny Herself is the intensely personal chronicle of a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. Packed with the warmth and the wry, sidelong wit that made Ferber one of the best-loved writers of her time, the novel charts Fanny s emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.

One Basket is a sparkling collection of 7 short stories by Edna Ferber and includes some that are considered her all time best like The Woman Who Tried To be Good and The Maternal Feminine.   Writing for and about women, Edna Ferber touches the very heart and soul of what it means to be human to make good choices and bad to be weak and strong. The stories included in One Basket are: - The woman who tried to be good  (1913) - The gay old dog (1917) - That s marriage (1917) - Farmer in the dell (1919) - Un morso doo pang (1919) - Long distance (1919) - The maternal feminine. (1919) Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular 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). Ferber s novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character.