A Peculiar TreasureAmerican writer Edna Ferber was a popular novelist and playwright. Her works included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big, Show Boat (later made into a musical), and Cimarron (made into a film which won the 1931 Academy Award for Best Picture). |
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