Probably just wasn’t my cup of tea. Ferber held no punches in portraying racism and greed but despite this it is still a remarkably hopeful depiction of a growing and maturing America. I loved Yancey, flawed as he is. An amazing novel, published in 1929, regarding the settling of Oklahoma. The appetite of the buying public for replicas of the guns of the Old West is a healthy one. Such an enjoyable read!I liked this book. He's a macho, heady adventurer, a die-hard frontiersman and a defender of the Native Americans. A great piece of historical fiction. Published in 1929, it veers a bit from my beaten path but I've got boxes of these old classics and it's time to start reading them. ?Other than a few short stories, this is my first Ferber read, although I have seen a couple of the movies made from her books(Ice Palace, Giant).
I have much to look forward to as I am new to his novels. I found it a rollicking good read, filled with great history, adventure and awesome flawed characters. If you're looking for a good book about the early history of Oklahoma, this is not one to read in my opinion.In my Edna Ferber anthology, this is one I would gladly skip in the future.
They adapt the novel in very different ways, highlighting certain characters over others and changing events at will. It was fascinating to read about the land rushes and the early rough-and-tumble history of Oklahoma.
I just didn't find this one intriguing enough to continue reading.So TCM streamed the old Glen Ford "Cimarron" movie during its 30 days to Oscar scheduling.
She worked hard and her star rose slowly but surely.
I thoroughly recommend this for those interested in Frontier Fiction, Americana, Westerns with literary value or historical fiction in general.As Edna Ferber points out in the Forward, “Only the more fantastic and improbable events contained in the book are true.” A sage fiction of engaging events and thrilling characters, I'll give it between 3 and 4 stars, because I enjoyed it but not as much as So Big. Good story, strange writing.”Truth time: I quit this book about a third of the way in. The grit and determination of the main characters, Yancey and Sabra Cravat, will have you wondering how they survived. The hero, Yancey is VERY sympathetic to the plight of the natives, though his immature wife is just the opposite. The occasional dips from heady romantic adventure into dark and tragic moments kept this book real and interesting. Sabra, the main character, is a heroine for the ages.
Loved it. The land was divided into 42,000 claims, and each The novel is set in the Oklahoma of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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As relationships sour and mend, it can also be sad, but thought provoking.Hats and calico sun bonnets off to all of the pioneer women, including the fictitious Sabra Cravatt who settled and survived in the new Oklahoma Territory in the late 1800s. After reading Ferber's "So Big" I was really excited to read another one of her books. The author's vocabulary tended to be so overblown I could barely stomach it.
The book was adapted into a critically acclaimed film of the same name in 1931 through RKO Pictures. I'll have to next read Ferber's "Giant"Cimarron, by Edna Ferber, is a long, gangly novel set in territorial Oklahoma. In 1960, the story was again adapted for the screen by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, to meager success. As far as heroes or anti-heroes go, Yancey is one of the greats.
When I finished it, I was a bit floored by what she'd accomplished, nonetheless. He's unconventional and irresponsible, but committed to his lifestyle. The grit and determination of the main characters, Yancey and Sabra Cravat, will have you wondering how they survived. We begged to read it – and she adjusted the curriculum to accommodate it. Cimarron was the first Western to win the Oscar for Best Picture--and, until Dances with Wolves in 1990, the only one. In the novel, she remains fairly racist throughout and is always aghast at something her husband does. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
I found it a rollicking good read, filled with great history, adventure and awesome flawed characters.
The characters didn't seem to have any...well, character to them.
This is a novel, though, that is more complex than it first appears and has several layers to unwrap.