The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century

A new addition to the collection of elegant reissues of the Studs Terkel oeuvre The Studs Terkel...
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Author: Studs Terkel
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Language: English
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The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century by Terkel, Studs

The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century

€34,83

The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century

€34,83
Author: Studs Terkel
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A new addition to the collection of elegant reissues of the Studs Terkel oeuvre

The 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.



Author: Studs Terkel
Publisher: New Press
Published: 05/16/2007
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781595581778

About the Author
Studs Terkel (1912-2008) was an award-winning author and radio broadcaster. He is the author of Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession; Division Street: America; Coming of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century; Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times; The Good War: An Oral History of World War II; Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do; The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century; American Dreams: Lost and Found; The Studs Terkel Interviews: Film and Theater; Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression; Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith; Giants of Jazz; Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times; And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey; Touch and Go: A Memoir; P.S.: Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening; and Studs Terkel's Chicago, all published by The New Press. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of a Presidential National Humanities Medal, the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a George Polk Career Award, and the National Book Critics Circle 2003 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.

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