02410cam a2200337 4500 1659379803 TxAuBib 20241017120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062310309 0062310305 B00D185Z1C Amazon da12bb00-fdb7-4c10-9a59-1944ed8bfed4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1319696 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ferber, Edna. Giant [Libby] : A Novel. HarperCollins, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3298kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Classic Literature. Fiction. Literature. Western. HTML:The basis for the classic film starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson, Giant is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber's sweeping generational tale of power, love, cattle barons, and oil tycoons, set in Texas during the first half of the twentieth century. When larger-than-life cattle rancher Jordan "Bick" Benedict arrives at the family home of sharp-witted but genteel Virginia socialite Leslie Lynnton to purchase a racehorse, the two are instantly drawn to each other. But for Leslie, falling in love with a Texan was a lot simpler than falling in love with Texas. Upon their arrival at Bick's ranch, Leslie is confronted not only with the oppressive heat and vastness of Texas but also by the disturbing inequity between runaway riches and the poverty and racism suffered by the Mexican workers on the ranch. Leslie and Bick's loving union endures against all odds, but a reckoning is coming and a price will have to be paid. A sensational and enthralling saga, Ferber masterfully captures the essence of Texas with all its wealth and excess, cruelty and prejudice, pride and violence.. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-16 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/giant-da12bb?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/giant-da12bb?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/giant-da12bb?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)