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  • Working

    People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

    by Studs Terkel ...
    A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: "Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking." — The Boston GlobeA National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestsellerStuds Terkel's classic oral history Working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "The Good War"

    An Oral History of World War II

    by Studs Terkel ...
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize: "The richest and most powerful single document of the American experience in World War II" ( The Boston Globe)." The Good War" is a testament not only to the experience of war but to the extraordinary skill of Studs Terkel as an interviewer and oral historian. From a pipe fitter's apprentice at Pearl Harbor to a crew member of the flight that dropped the atomic bomb ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hard Times

    An Illustrated Oral History of the Great Depression

    by Studs Terkel ...
    " Hard Times doesn't 'render' the time of the Depression or historicize about it—it is that time, its lingo, mood, its tragic and hilarious stories." —Arthur MillerFirst published in 1970, Studs Terkel's bestselling Hard Times has been called "a huge anthem in praise of the American spirit" (Saturday Review) and "an invaluable record" (The New York Times)<... ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hope Dies Last

    Keeping the Faith In Troubled Times

    by Studs Terkel ...
    America’s most inspirational voices, in their own words: “If you’re looking for a reason to act and dream again, you’ll find it in the pages of this book” (Chicago Tribune).Published when Studs Terkel was ninety-one years old, this astonishing oral history tackles one of the famed journalist’s most elusive subjects: Hope. Where does it come from? What are its essential qualities? How do we sustain ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • And They All Sang

    Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey

    by Studs Terkel, Marlan Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Guthrie, Mahalia Jackson, Janis Joplin, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ravi Shankar ...
    The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian talks with some of twentieth century's most iconic musicians—"Riveting . . . Just about every interview has a revelation" ( San Francisco Chronicle).Through the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted the legendary radio show "The Wax Museum," presenting Chicago's music fans with his inimitable take on music of all kinds, from classical, opera ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • And They All Sang

    Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey

    by Studs Terkel, Marlan Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Guthrie, Mahalia Jackson, Janis Joplin, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ravi Shankar ...
    The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian talks with some of twentieth century’s most iconic musicians—“Riveting . . . Just about every interview has a revelation” (San Francisco Chronicle).Through the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted the legendary radio show “The Wax Museum,” presenting Chicago’s music fans with his inimitable take on music of all kinds, from classical, opera, ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hard Times

    by Studs Terkel ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Working and “The Good War”, the book The New York Times calls “ an invaluable record” of people’s lives during the Great Depression, reissued in a beautiful new edition“Hard Times doesn’t ‘render’ the time of the Depression or historicize about it—it is that time, its lingo, mood, its tragic and hilarious stories.” —Arthur MillerHard Times captures the Gr. ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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  • The Studs Terkel Reader

    My American Century

    by Studs Terkel ...
    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 ... Read more

    $13.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hope Dies Last

    Keeping the Faith In Troubled Times

    by Studs Terkel ...
    America's most inspirational voices, in their own words: "If you're looking for a reason to act and dream again, you'll find it in the pages of this book" ( Chicago Tribune).Published when Studs Terkel was ninety-one years old, this astonishing oral history tackles one of the famed journalist's most elusive subjects: Hope. Where does it come from? What are its essential qualities? How do we ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hard Times

    An Oral History of the Great Depression

    by Studs Terkel ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Good War: A masterpiece of modern journalism and "a huge anthem in praise of the American spirit" ( Saturday Review).In this "invaluable record" of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. Featuring a mosaic of memories from politicians, businessmen, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christ in Concrete

    by Pietro di Donato, Studs Terkel ...
    Giving voice to the hardworking Italian immigrants who worked, lived, and died in New York City shortly before the Great Depression, this American classic ranks with Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath as one of the 20th century’s great works of social protest.Largely autobiographical, Christ in Concrete opens with the dramatic Good Friday collapse of a building under construction, crucifying in ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Touch and Go

    A Memoir

    by Studs Terkel ...
    This memoir by the oral historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Good War is "a masterpiece about a life which itself is a sort of masterpiece" (Oliver Sacks).Chosen as a Best Book of the Year in 2007 by the Chicago Tribune, Publishers Weekly, and Playboy, Studs Terkel's memoir Touch and Go is "history from a highly personal point of view, by one who has helped make it" ( Kirkus Reviews) ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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