01132cam a2200253 4500 114052415 TxAuBib 20120912120000.0 790717s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780060956707 0060956704 TxAuBib Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Giant : (pbk) / Edna Ferber. 1st Perennial Classics ed. New York : Perennial, 2000. 409 p. ; 21 cm. This sweeping tale captures the essence of Texas on a staggering scale as it chronicles the life and times of cattleman Jordan "Bick" Benedict, his naive young society wife, Leslie, and three generations of land-rich sons.A sensational story of power, love, cattle barons, and oil tycoons, Giant was the basis of the classic film starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson. 20120912. Ranch life Fiction. Western stories. Texas Fiction. Domestic fiction.