Edna Ferber’s “Show Boat” was published in 1926 and became a hit Broadway musical. Hollywood came calling three times -- in 1929, 1936 and 1951. The last one starred Ava Gardner. (Vintage)
When Edna Ferber’s “Show Boat” was published in 1926, she had already won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel “So Big.” (Vintage)
The film version of “Cimarron” won the Oscar for best picture in 1931. Ferber’s great-niece and biographer Julie Gilbert has written a foreword for the new paperback version of the 1929 novel. (Vintage)
Edna Ferber’s “Cimarron” tells the story of frontier life in Oklahoma. After growing up in the Midwest, Ferber moved to New York and was a core member of the Algonquin Round Table. (Vintage)
Published in 1921, “Alice Adams” by Booth Tarkington tells the story of a girl in a Midwestern town trying to marry above her station after World War I. (Vintage)
The new edition of “Alice Adams” by Booth Tarkington. The 1935 film version starred Katharine Hepburn, who received a much-needed popularity boost and an Academy Award nomination. (Vintage)
Fannie Hurst’s “Back Street,” published in 1931, tells the story of a beautiful dressmaker trapped in the role of mistress. Three film versions were made, in 1932, 1941 and 1961. (Vintage)
