Giant (1952) - Edna Ferber
Category: Historical Fiction
Tags: Historical Fiction, Adults
Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins Release date: 04-23-19 Publisher: HarperAudio, From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber, Giant captures the essence of Texas on a staggering scale as it chronicles the life and times of cattleman Jordan Bick Benedict, his young society wife, Leslie, and three generations of land-rich sons 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 Bicks 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 Bicks loving union endures against all odds, but a reckoning i
