A Peculiar Treasure

{{Short description|Autobiography by American author Edna Ferber}}

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A Peculiar Treasure is an autobiography by American author Edna Ferber. The book was first published in 1938 by Doubleday, Doran, & Co. at 398 pages long.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZ9aAAAAMAAJ|title=A peculiar treasure|first=Edna|last=Ferber|date=18 December 2017|publisher=Doubleday, Doran & Co.|accessdate=18 December 2017|via=Google Books}} The book is Ferber's first autobiography, and recounts her small-town, Midwest childhood, and her subsequent rise to authorship and the Pulitzer Prize. Her ascent from night-court reporter at a small-town newspaper to the author of So Big is set against the rising tensions in Europe and upsurging antisemitism in the US.{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/48886/a-peculiar-treasure-by-edna-ferber/9780345805799/|title=A Peculiar Treasure by Edna Ferber |publisher=PenguinRandomHouse.com|accessdate=18 December 2017}}