This book was written in 1912 by prolific American novelist Edna Ferber (1885-1968) who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1925. She first met William Allen White when they covered the 1912 Republican National Convention for the same newspaper syndicate. They became close lifelong friends. Ferber handwrote on book's front flyleaf "To a Certain Nice Man, bright William Allen White, From Edna Ferber (who is madly enamoured of him)."

Creator: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Date: 1912