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Long-Novel Writer Hails from Waco
Published Apr 24, 2008

Waco native Madison Cooper wrote what was the longest novel by a U.S. author when it was published in 1952.

Sironia, Texas took 11 years for the novelist and philanthropist to complete, with the two-volume book containing 1,731 pages.

The story portrays life in a fictional Texas town of Sironia from 1900 to 1921. It features 83 characters in 21 different plot lines, tracing the conflict between Sironia’s decaying Southern aristocracy and its rising merchant class.

In 1952, the book’s publisher, Houghton Mifflin, presented the then-59-year-old Cooper with its Fellowship Award.

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Business Images Heart of Texas, 2008 Edition

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Long-Novel Writer Hails from Waco

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Waco native Madison Cooper wrote what was the longest novel by a U.S. author when it was published in 1952.

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