Edna Ferber as the female Henry in American letters
A profile of Edna Ferber, likened to O Henry for her short fiction gift. The piece traces her rise from Kalamazoo to Chicago, Milwaukee, and New York, detailing her prolific output, prize novels such as So Big, and her evolution from reporter to celebrated novelist.
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Edna Ferber
O. Henry
Wisconsin
Kalamazoo
Appleton
Daily Crescent
Milwaukee Journal
The
Chicago Tribune
United States
O Henry
Dirk DeJong
Peter Peel
Republic
Selina DeJong
Selina Peake
Chicago
Denver
New York
Selina
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Simeon Peake
Fortune
Till ten he bore a stubborn Dutch district boyhood
In a rough Illinois farm setting near New Holland and High Prairie, Sebig DeJong grows under the hard work of his mother Selina DeJong. The scene sketches a Dutch immigrant family life, the farm toil, and the intimate bond as a child smiles through dirt and fatigue.
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Julie
Selina
Father
Hempel House
Tebbitt’s
Dearborn Avenue
Se Big
Sebig
Sebig DeJong
Chicago
New Holland
High Prairie
Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Illinois Prairie
Tie
Hobby of Real Value
Quote from Arthur Sharp in the Edinburgh Scotsman compares hobbies to hens with gravel for scratching. It argues that a hobby provides pleasant occupation and prevents moping in spare moments.
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Arthur Sharp
The
Edinburgh Scotsman
Tuberculosis Not Hereditary Says National TB Association
The National Tuberculosis Association states tuberculosis is not hereditary and rarely passed from parents to a child before birth. Infections usually come from tuberculous parents or relatives who, through careless habits, expose the healthy infant soon after birth.
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The
National Tuberculosis Association
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