{"product_id":"the-good-war-an-oral-history-of-world-war-ii-9781565843431","title":"The Good War: An Oral History of World War II","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Good War\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 on Nagasaki, his subjects are open and unrelenting in their analyses of themselves and their experiences, producing what \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine has called \"a splendid epic history\" of WWII. With this volume Terkel expanded his scope to the global and the historical, and the result is a masterpiece of oral history.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Studs Terkel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565843431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuds Terkel (1912-2008) was an award-winning author and radio broadcaster. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRace: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDivision Street: America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComing of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTalking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e\"The Good War\" An Oral History of World War II\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWorking: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dreams: Lost and Found\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Studs Terkel Interviews: Film and Theater\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWill the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGiants of Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAnd They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTouch and Go: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eP.S.: Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eStuds Terkel's Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by The New Press. He was a member of the 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Studs Terkel \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47645079470237,"sku":"9781565843431","price":42.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_400a62b1-9ac5-4608-9ab4-2fdcf41b7357.jpg?v=1770750707","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-good-war-an-oral-history-of-world-war-ii-9781565843431","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}