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A collection of Studs Terkel most memorable interviews a panoramic chronicle of America from the 1920's onwards. For over 30 years, millions of readers have enjoyed Studs Terkel's groundbreaking, provocative and moving oral histories. Now, in a pntheon of ordinary Americans, Terkel collects the most memorable interviews from each of his 8 classic works. Robert Coles has contributed a major intro, examining Terkel's work and placinh him in the context of his times. My American Century also brings together Terkel's introductions to each of his earlier books, which sum up the larger pictures running through the stories told by a wide range of American's. The result is not only a stellar collection of portraits, but a panoramic chronicle of America from the 1920's onward.
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Now in his eighties, Studs Terkel brings us My American Century, a collection of his most memorable interviews from all eight classics. Robert Cole's foreword lays out a brief history of America's economic power, from the Great Depression on. The details that remain unchanging are the insecurities endured by working men and women. "Such a vulnerability informs the life of even those lucky to be hard at work, as anyone interested in talking with ordinary working people will soon enough learn. But precisely who has had such an interest?" Fans of Studs Terkel know the answer. A writer supremely in touch with his world, Terkel's gift is in transforming the raw clay of people's lives into a simultaneously respectful, curious, and kind narrative.
"My turf," says Terkel of this latest volume, "has been the arena of unofficial truth--of the noncelebrated one on the block, who is able to articulate the thoughts of his/her neighbors, inchoate, though deeply felt. I confess to never having been privy to highly reliable sources." And what an amazing and impartial approach to subject matter. This informative volume, full of personality, is a wonderful introduction to the work of Studs Terkel, a writer who, time and again, gives voice to the querulous, difficult questions--the ones that always threaten to get swept away in the rapids of the American Dream.
About the Author
Pulitzer Prize-winner Studs Terkel was born in 1912 and grew up in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1932 and from Chicago Law School in 1934. He has been an actor in radio soap operas, a disk jockey, a sports commentator, a television master of ceremonies, and a radio host. He has travelled all over the world doing on-the-spot interviews. He still broadcasts daily in Chicago.
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- PublisherUNSPECIFIED VENDOR
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0753805405
- ISBN 13 9780753805404
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages560
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