Madison Cooper did not write many books, and his writing is sometimes cumbersome/verbose. However, what he lacks i stars It's been a while since I finished Sironia, Texas, but I want to say a few words on the book as it seems to have gone under the radar for the most part/5. Waco businessman Madison Cooper Jr. wrote his sprawling novel “Sironia, Texas” in an upper room of his Austin Avenue mansion, now home to the Cooper Foundation. ERIC AMES - COOPER FOUNDATION. · Alone in his office, Cooper began writing Sironia, Texas in He wrote secretly, between appointments, managing various business enterprises while writing the world’s longest novel. Cooper pulled off such a feat because he was a man of precise habits, living by a strict schedule of work, exercise, and www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins.
imported from Wikimedia project. English Wikipedia. Wikimedia import URL. www.doorway.ru?title=Sironia,_Texasoldid= country of origin. United States of America. 1 reference. imported from Wikimedia project. English Wikipedia. Sironia, Texas in Two Volumes Volume One and Two (1, 2) Two Volume Complete Set [Hardcover] Madison Cooper and William Barss by Madison Cooper and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru Texas, Madison Cooper Jr.s. award-winning novel, when I got home. Holley: Novel went from best-seller to bust. Madison Cooper Jr. took 11 years to write Sironia, Texas. The novel won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Award, but readers found the 2,page book heavy going.
Madison Alexander Cooper, Jr., (June 3, – Septem) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Waco, Texas, and is best remembered for his long novel Sironia, Texas (), which made publishing history at that time as the longest novel in English originally published in book form, in two volumes totaling 1, pages, containing an estimated , words. Waco novelist Madison Cooper made news in when Time magazine declared his million word Sironia, TX to be "the longest novel by an American." The novel was a NY Times best seller for 11 weeks. At the time the novel was scandalous and banned in some places. It talks about small town central TX life in the early s. Photos of Madison Sr. and Martha adorn the stairwell, and a portrait of Madison Jr. in his World War I uniform sits on a small table. In an upstairs room, a framed print by William Barss, who contributed illustrations to Sironia, depicts the fictional Texas town. Best of all, the attic office where Cooper Jr. wrote the book is just as he left it.
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