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The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century

By Studs Terkel

Book information

Publisher
The, New Press
Year
2007
ISBN
1595581774, 9781595581778
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
813 kB (832863 bytes)
Pages
532\0
Time added
2014-03-21 09:55:07

Description

"A summing up of the best of Terkel."—Herbert Mitgang, DoubletakeThe Studs Terkel Reader, originally published under the title My American Century, collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his magnificent introductions to each work. 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. It includes an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Coles surveying Terkel's overall body of work and a new foreword by Calvin Trillin.

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