The complete online text of Cheerful—By Request by Edna Ferber.

American author Edna Ferber (1887-1968) wrote popular fiction and collaborated on several successful Broadway plays. Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., Edna Ferber at an early age moved with her family to Appleton, Wis., where she spent most of her childhood. Whe...

Generally known as a novelist who deftly illustrated American life and culture in her popular fiction, Edna Ferber was always drawn to the stage. As a child she wanted to act, but she later realized that her talents were in the written word and achieved...

Edna Ferber , popular and prolific novelist, short-story writer, autobiographer, and dramatic collaborator with George S. Kaufman, is remembered chiefly as a chronicler and critic of American cultural history--the bulk of her fiction having a strong regi...

After 31 days of virtual isolation in Yugoslav prison cells, where one man said he found comfort in an American flag he drew on toilet paper and two found comfort in prayer, three freed soldiers were cheered on their arrival here Sunday and pronounced...

* To the October 2001 issue of Seventeen-- magazine, which declares cheerleading "a great way to exercise and relieve stress." * To Game Child Interactive for debuting the first-ever video game just for cheerleaders, The All-Star Cheer Challenge. Who says cheerleading isn't all...