Edna Ferber

Cheerful - By Request Edna Ferber

Twelve short stories which are typical of the good work one expects of Miss Ferber. The people are all human, whether cheerful-by request, or the gay old dog, or the tough guy, or the guiding Miss Gowd or any of the others. Cheerful by Request * The Gay Old Dog * The Tough Guy * The Eldest * That's Marriage * The Woman Who Tried to Be Good * The Girl Who Went Right * The Hooker-Up-the-Back * The Guiding Miss Gowd * Sophy-As-She-Might-Have-Been * The Three of Them * Shore Leave