Emma McChesney and Co. by Edna Ferber (English) Paperback Book

Description: Emma McChesney and Co. by Edna Ferber A series of stories featuring Emma McChesney: a smart, stylish, divorced mother who in a mere twelve years rose from stenographer to traveling sales representative to business manager and partner of the T A Buck Featherloom Petticoat Company. It chronicles the travels and trials of Emma McChesney. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Edna Ferber, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Show Boat and Giant, achieved her first great success with a series of stories featuring Emma McChesney: a smart, stylish, divorced mother who in a mere twelve years rose from stenographer to traveling sales representative to business manager and partner of the T. A. Buck Featherloom Petticoat Company. In this final of three volumes chronicling the travels and trials of Emma McChesney, first published in 1915, Emmas son, Jock, has moved to Chicago with his new wife. Struggling with a newly emptied nest, Emma dives into a whirlwind South American sales tour to prove she hasnt lost her touch. Back in New York, Emma and her business partner, T. A. Buck Jr., try to disguise their budding romance from colleagues. After months of acting like a "captain of finance when he feels like a Romeo," T. A. convinces Emma they should marry. Emma tries to "be what the yellow novels call a doll-wife" but trades in her fancy dressing gowns for more sensible business suits and heads back to the office. With one hand writing advertising copy and the other wrapped around a pair of shears, Emma saves the company from financial peril amid the arrival of some flustering, if exciting, news from Jock. By turns sales pro, newlywed, fashion maven, and anxious grandmother, Emma symbolizes the ideal woman at the dawn of the twentieth century: sharp, capable, charming, and progressive. Emma McChesney and Co. is enhanced by the illustrations of James Montgomery Flagg, one of the most highly regarded book illustrators of the period. Author Biography Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was a novelist, short-story writer, and playwright whose work s a novelist, short-story writer, and playwright whose work s a novelist, short-story writer, and playwright whose work s a novelist, short-story writer, and playwright whose work served as the inspiration for numerous Broadway plays and Holerved as the inspiration for numerous Broadway plays and Holerv Review "One of the most humorous and original love stories that has appeared for years." -- New York Times Long Description Edna Ferber, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Show Boat and Giant, achieved her first great success with a series of stories featuring Emma McChesney: a smart, stylish, divorced mother who in a mere twelve years rose from stenographer to traveling sales representative to business manager and partner of the T. A. Buck Featherloom Petticoat Company.In this final of three volumes chronicling the travels and trials of Emma McChesney, first published in 1915, Emmas son, Jock, has moved to Chicago with his new wife. Struggling with a newly emptied nest, Emma dives into a whirlwind South American sales tour to prove she hasnt lost her touch.Back in New York, Emma and her business partner, T. A. Buck Jr., try to disguise their budding romance from colleagues. After months of acting like a captain of finance when he feels like a Romeo, T. A. convinces Emma they should marry. Emma tries to be what the yellow novels call a doll-wife but trades in her fancy dressing gowns for more sensible business suits and heads back to the office. With one hand writing advertising copy and the other wrapped around a pair of shears, Emma saves the company from financial peril amid the arrival of some flustering, if exciting, news from Jock. By turns sales pro, newlywed, fashion maven, and anxious grandmother, Emma symbolizes the ideal woman at the dawn of the twentieth century: sharp, capable, charming, and progressive. Emma McChesney and Co. is enhanced by the illustrations of James Montgomery Flagg, one of the most highly regarded book illustrators of the period. Review Text One of the most humorous and original love stories that has appeared for years. -- New York Times Review Quote "One of the most humorous and original love stories that has appeared for years."-- New York Times Details ISBN0252070887 Author Edna Ferber Short Title EMMA MCCHESNEY & CO Publisher University of Illinois Press Language English ISBN-10 0252070887 ISBN-13 9780252070884 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Illustrations Yes Year 2002 Imprint University of Illinois Press Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Baltimore Birth 1887 Death 1968 Pages 248 DOI 10.1604/9780252070884 UK Release Date 2002-07-16 NZ Release Date 2002-07-16 US Release Date 2002-07-16 Publication Date 2002-07-16 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2002-07-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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