Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney

'Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney' is an adventure-drama novel written by Edna Ferber. It follows the life of Emma McChesney, a divorcee raising her child while working as a traveling saleswoman for T.A. Buck's Featherloom Skirts and Petticoats. The author of this book, Ferber, is best-remembered today for winning the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her book 'So Big' and for penning the book 'Cimarron', which was adapted into a film that won an Oscar for Best Picture.