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1	Working more books like this by Studs Terkel A national treasure, radio legend Studs Terkel first made his name in his home town of Chicago, conducting tens of thousands of radio interviews over several decades. (He even interviewed Bob Dylan in the early '60s.) In WORKING, Terkel lets the tape roll as people talk about their jobs--an oral history approach which, though he did not invent it, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith more books like this by Studs Terkel At the age of 88, Pulitzer Prize winner Studs Terkel has turned to the ultimate human experience, that of death and the possibility of life afterward. Death is the one experience we all share but cannot know. In his powerful new book, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, " a wide range of people address that final experience and its impact on the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Good War: An Oral History of World War II more books like this by Studs Terkel Noted journalist and historian Studs Terkel interviewed hundreds of ordinary Americans about the Second World War for this book. People offer not only their memories of the war, but also their interpretations of what it meant at the time, and what it means decades later. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $7.45! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Good War more books like this by Studs Terkel Noted journalist and historian Studs Terkel interviewed hundreds of ordinary Americans about the Second World War for this book. People offer not only their memories of the war, but also their interpretations of what it meant at the time, and what it means decades later. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do more books like this by Studs Terkel In the first trade paperback edition of his national bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel presents "the real American experience" ("Chicago Daily News")--"a magnificent book. . . . A work of art. To read it is to hear America talking" ("Boston Globe"). see all copies from $4.57! new only from $7.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	American Dreams: Lost & Found more books like this by Studs Terkel What is the American Dream? Ordinary Americans of every stripe discuss their dreams and hopes, and how those dreams and hopes have been fulfilled or dashed in the years since the Second World War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Hard Times: An Oral History of Great Depression more books like this by Studs Terkel Studs Terkel's classic history of the Great Depression, now a New Press paperback. " Hard Times doesn't 'render' the time of the Depression or historicize about it--it is that time, its lingo, mood, its tragic and hilarious stories. Anybody who wants to know where we were and how we got to where we are now has got to read this book." --Arthur ... see all copies from $6.98! new only from $9.36! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches more books like this by David Nichols (Editor), Studs Terkel (Foreword by), Ernie Pyle The first major collection of Ernie Pyle's wartime dispatches--a volume whichfinally reveals him to be without peer among writers about World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.95! \| first editions
9	Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It more books like this by Studs Terkel The 20th century is recalled by older Americans. The lives of ordinary Americans changed radically during the "American Century," and the wide range of people interviewed in this book offer their memories and interpretations of those changes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Division street: America more books like this by Studs Terkel The book that first made Studs Terkel's reputation as this country's foremost oral historian is a unique portrait of America at a time of change and hope. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	My American Century more books like this by Studs Terkel A collection of oral histories transcribed and edited by the American author and left-wing political activist. Terkel talks to veterans of the sit-down strikes of the 1930s, Prohibition bootleggers, and neighborhood advocates influenced by labor and civil rights organizer, Saul Alinsky. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey more books like this by Studs Terkel Ninety-three years old at this book's publication, Chicago writer and broadcaster Studs Terkel is perhaps the preeminent American compiler of oral histories of the 20th century. With his innately humane, gently probing curiosity, he has explored the hopes and dreams of working people, soldiers, and actors in books about working, race, the Second ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times more books like this by Studs Terkel The noted oral historian recalls his eventful life and the many fascinating people he has interviewed. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Hard Times more books like this by Studs Terkel "Hard Times doesn't render the time of the Depression or historicize about it--it is that time, its lingo, mood, its tragic and hilarious stories".--Arthur Miller. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko more books like this by Mike Royko, Lois Wille (Commentaries by), Studs Terkel (Foreword by) Introduced by legendary journalist Studs Terkel, this collection of the columns of the equally legendary Chicago journalist Mike Royko includes the best of the writing he did daily for almost four decades as a columnist for the Chicago Daily-News, Sun-Times, and Tribune. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.78! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Boob Jubilee: The Cultural Politics of the New Economy more books like this by Tom Frank (Editor), Dave Mulcahey (Editor), Studs Terkel (Preface by) BOOB JUBILEE collects many of the most critical essays on culture and politics from the radical journal THE BAFFLER. Franks and Mulcahey include entries on a range of topics, from rethinking the American Midwest to a Fitzgerald-like critique of the Hamptons. Studs Terkel pens the introduction. see all copies from $6.50! new only from $9.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel about the American Obsession more books like this by Studs Terkel In recent years, race has reemerged as the leading issue in American politics. The clock has been turned back on the progress of the 1960s, and once again hostility, resentment, and racial conflict threaten to divide the nation. Now the author of Working and Hard Times divulges what preachers and street punks, college students and Klansmen ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Touch and Go: A Memoir more books like this by Studs Terkel At 95 years of age, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Terkel offers his long-awaited memoir that embodies the spirit of the man himself--youthful, vivacious, and enormously fun. see all copies from $3.43! new only from $10.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	A Whole Different Ball Game: The Inside Story of the Baseball Revolution more books like this by Marvin Miller, Bill James (Introduction by), Studs Terkel (Preface by) Marvin Miller, the first executive director to the Major League Baseball Players Association, recounts his experience in dealing with club owners and his success in winning a new role for the players. He helped virtually end the system that bound an athlete to one team forever, and thereby raised salaries enormously. see all copies from $3.30! new only from $4.00! \| SVS
20	The Grapes of Wrath: 250th Anniversary Edition more books like this by John Steinbeck, Studs Terkel John Steinbeck lived and worked with a group of migrant workers in California, from whom he drew the material for his great Dust Bowl saga of a wandering Okie family, the Joads. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel awakened the American reading public to the plight of migrant workers and made Steinbeck famous worldwide. One of the most popular novels ... see all copies from $16.00! first editions
21 view cover	Giants of Jazz more books like this by Studs Terkel Bestselling author and master storyteller Terkel sketches the lives of 13 giants who have made American jazz what it is today. Terkel uses firsthand interviews with the artists to bring to life the human stories behind the music. First published in 1957 and now reissued in a handsome, illustrated gift edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Steve Goodman: Facing the Music more books like this by Clay Eals, Arlo Guthrie (Foreword by), Studs Terkel (Selected by) Intimate and touching, this biography captures the warmth and wit of Steve Goodman, one of the most respected songwriters of the 1970s and early 1980s. Diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 20, this portrait tells how Goodman strove to be a model husband and father while juggling experimental medical treatments with a career he found irresistible. ... see all copies from $17.98! new only from $19.66! \| SVS
23 view cover	Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times more books like this by Studs Terkel Through interviews with the famous and the not-so-famous--John Kenneth Galbraith, the pilot of the Enola Gay, Tom Hayden--oral historian Studs Terkel inquires into the status of hope, and its role in motivating people to act for social change. He records cases of the loss of hope, and expresses concern for the common weal. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Spectator: Talk about Movies and Plays with the People Who Make Them more books like this by Studs Terkel, Garry Wills (Foreword by) One of America's most famous talkers, Terkel here collects a career's worth of conversations with actors, playwrights, and directors, including Lillian Hellmann, Federico Fellini, Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams, and Edward Albee. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	Hard times: an oral history of the Great Depression more books like this by Studs Terkel see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions

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