The Studs Terkel Reader
My American Century
1st Edition
Published on 26. July 2011
532 pages
978-1-59558-764-0 (ISBN)
Description
With a foreword by Robert Coles and a preface by Calvin Trillin.
The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his wonderful original introductions to each book. Featuring selections from American Dreams, Coming of Age, Division Street, "The Good War, The Great Divide, Hard Times, Race, and Working, this "greatest hits" volume is a treasury of Terkel's most memorable subjects that will delight his many lifelong fans and provide a perfect introduction for those who have not yet experienced the joy of reading Studs Terkel.
"An informal epic of Terkel's near century [with a] cinematic vividness that tells you more than a shelf of standard history books." -Entertainment Weekly
The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his wonderful original introductions to each book. Featuring selections from American Dreams, Coming of Age, Division Street, "The Good War, The Great Divide, Hard Times, Race, and Working, this "greatest hits" volume is a treasury of Terkel's most memorable subjects that will delight his many lifelong fans and provide a perfect introduction for those who have not yet experienced the joy of reading Studs Terkel.
"An informal epic of Terkel's near century [with a] cinematic vividness that tells you more than a shelf of standard history books." -Entertainment Weekly
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Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Note
- PART 1: The Dream
- American Dreams: Lost and Found
- Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
- "The Good War": An Oral History of World War Two
- PART II: The City
- Division Street: America
- Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
- PART III: The Divide
- The Great Divide
- Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession
- Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century By Those Who Have LIved It
- Copyright
