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  • Black Like Me

    The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition

    by John Howard Griffin, Don Rutledge, Robert Bonazzi ...
    This American classic has been corrected from the original manuscripts and indexed, featuring historic photographs and an extensive biographical afterword. ... Read more

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  • "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

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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

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  • 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

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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

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  • Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

    Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith

    by Studs Terkel ...
    The renowned oral historian interviews ordinary people about facing mortality: "It's the unguarded voices he presents that stay with you." — The New York TimesIn this book, the Pulitzer Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Studs Terkel, author of the New York Times bestseller Working, turns to the ultimate human experience: death. Here a wide range of people address the unknowable ... Read more

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  • Hard Times

    An Illustrated Oral History of the Great Depression

    by Studs Terkel ...
    First 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). With his trademark grace and compassion, Terkel evokes a mosaic of memories from those who were richest to those who were destitute: politicians, businessmen, artists and writers, racketeers, speakeasy ... Read more

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  • 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

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  • Division Street

    America

    by Studs Terkel ...
    A landmark reissue of Studs Terkel’s classic microcosm of America, with a new foreword by the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and co-creator of the Division Street Revisited podcast“Remarkable. . . . Division Street astonishes, dismays, exhilarates.” —The New York TimesWhen New Press founder André Schiffrin first published Division Street in 1967, Studs Terkel’s reputation as America’s ... ... Read more

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  • Studs Terkel's Chicago

    by Studs Terkel ...
    In a blend of history, memoir, and photography, the Pulitzer Prize winner paints a vivid portrait of this extraordinary American city.Chicago was home to the country's first skyscraper (a ten-story building built in 1884), and marks the start of the famed Route 66. It is also the birthplace of the remote control (Zenith) and the car radio (Motorola), and the first major American city to elect a ... Read more

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  • P.S.

    Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening

    by Studs Terkel ...
    This "electrifying" collection of unpublished work demonstrates the Pulitzer Prize–winning author's "great gift for tapping into the lifeblood of America" ( Booklist) .Millions of Studs Terkel fans have come to know the prize-winning oral historian through his landmark books—" The Good War", Hard Times, Working, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, and many others. Few people realize, however, that much ... Read more

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  • 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

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