"At nearly 95, Studs Terkel has written about everyone's life, it seems, but his own. Here he offers a memoir which--embodying the spirit of the man himself--is youthful and vivacious. Terkel begins by taking us back to his childhood, describing the hectic life of a family trying to earn a living in Chicago. He then goes on to his experiences--as a poll watcher charged with stealing votes for the Democratic machine, as a young theatergoer, and eventually...

3) Working: people talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do

Author

Terkel, Studs

Publisher

Pantheon Books

Pub. Date

1974

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

xlix, 589 p. ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A collection of interviews with working people in a wide variety of occupations.

4) The good war: an oral history of World War Two

Author

Terkel, Studs

Publisher

Pantheon Books

Pub. Date

c1984

Physical Desc

589 p.

Language

English

5) And they all sang: adventures of an eclectic disc jockey

Author

Terkel, Studs

Publisher

New Press

Pub. Date

c2005

Physical Desc

xxii, 301 p. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A selection of forty previously unpublished interviews with musicians from the past half-century includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian's discussions with such figures as Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and Louis Armstrong.

6) Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches

Author

Pyle, Ernie

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

c1986

Physical Desc

432 p.

Language

English

7) Race: how Blacks and Whites think and feel about the American obsession

Author

Terkel, Studs

Publisher

New Press

Pub. Date

c1992

Physical Desc

x, 403 p. ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A provocative look at contemporary race relations. First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. In a rare and revealing look how at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel brings out the full complexity of the thoughts and emotions of both blacks and whites, uncovering a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students...