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A book to fall into and enjoy the ride from the lazy elegance of 1930's Virginia to the raucous billionaire ranch and oil crowd of Texas in the 1950's. The main character is Leslie Benedict, an intelligent and inquisitive bride who marries millionaire Texas cattle rancher Bick Bendict and becomes a somewhat reluctant part of his rarefied existence as a member of old Texas royalty.
The story is beautifully told and the characters are vivid and three dimensional. I am now in my 60's, and have read and enjoyed Ferber's literary style in Giant since it first came out in the 1950's.
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Giant (Perennial Classics) by Edna Ferber
rocmanw, March 23, 2008
A book to fall into and enjoy the ride from the lazy elegance of 1930's Virginia to the raucous billionaire ranch and oil crowd of Texas in the 1950's. The main character is Leslie Benedict, an intelligent and inquisitive bride who marries millionaire Texas cattle rancher Bick Bendict and becomes a somewhat reluctant part of his rarefied existence as a member of old Texas royalty.The story is beautifully told and the characters are vivid and three dimensional. I am now in my 60's, and have read and enjoyed Ferber's literary style in Giant since it first came out in the 1950's.
(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)