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1	I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project more books like this by Paul Auster (Read by) add to wishlist The 180 stories collected here were solicited in 1999 by Paul Auster, novelist and host of National Public Radio's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, as part of the National Story Project, in which the radio audience was invited to send true stories. This selection includes poignant stories about real events, and observations of the uncanny in life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide more books like this by Donald A Ritchie add to wishlist Oral history is vital to our understanding of the cultures and experiences of the past. Unlike written history, oral history forever captures people's feelings, expressions, and nuances of language. But what exactly is oral history? How reliable is the information gathered by oral history? And what does it take to become an oral historian? Donald ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $14.81! \| SVS
3	Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center more books like this by Daniel Okrent add to wishlist A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel about the American Obsession more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist 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 $3.03! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	American Route 66: Home on the Road more books like this by Jane Bernard add to wishlist Featuring powerful portraits and beautiful colour images with poignant and often humorous interviews, this is a contemporary portrait of America's first highway. It documents how the heritage of Route 66 is reflected in the current conditions and rhythms of life and portrays a fresh spin on local folklore and Americana. see all copies from $2.05! new only from $14.75! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry more books like this by Legs McNeil, Jennifer Osborne, Peter Pavia add to wishlist With his colleague Jennifer Osbourne, the former punk-rock writer Legs McNeil explores the remarkable growth of the pornography industry in the second half of the 20th century through the eyes of its actors, producers, and of the gangsters who controlled them. Anonymous, drug-fueled sex in dilapidated hotel rooms, desperate, damaged people, and ... see all copies from $24.00! new only from $129.32! \| first editions
7	Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell about Life in the Segregated South more books like this by Professor William H Chafe (Introduction by), Raymond Gavins (Editor), Robert Korstad (Editor) add to wishlist Described by "Publishers Weekly" as the "viscerally powerful . . . compilation of firsthand accounts of the Jim Crow era, " this remarkable book presents the most extensive oral history ever of African-American life under segregation. 50 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.94! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Oral History Reader more books like this by Robert Perks, Alistair Thomson (Editor) add to wishlist Fully updated to include the most recent articles on key issues, this second edition of "The Oral History Reader" is a comprehensive, international anthology of major, 'classic' articles and cutting-edge pieces on the theory, method and use of oral history. Arranged in five thematic sections, the collection details issues in the theory and ... see all copies from $2.57! new only from $41.34! \| SVS
9	Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide more books like this by Donald Eugene Miller, Lorna Touryan Miller add to wishlist Between 1915 and 1923, over one million Armenians died, victims of a genocidal campaign that is still denied by the Turkish government. Thousands of other Armenians suffered torture, brutality, deportation - yet their story has received scant attention. Now, through interviews with 100 elderly Armenians, Donald and Lorna Miller give the "forgotten ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $29.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Japan at War: An Oral History more books like this by Haruko Taya Cook, Theodore F Cook add to wishlist Approximately three million Japanese died in a conflict that raged for years over much of the globe, from Hawaii to India, Alaska to Australia, causing death and suffering to untold millions in China, southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, as well as pain and anguish to families of soldiers and civilians around the world. Yet how much do we know ... see all copies from $3.44! new only from $18.00! \| first editions
11 view cover	Women's Words: The Feminist Practice of Oral History more books like this by & Patai Gluck, Sherna B Gluck (Editor), Professor Daphne Patai (Editor) add to wishlist "Women's Words" is the first collection of writings devoted exclusively to exploring the theoretical, methodological, and practical problems that arise when women utilize oral history as a tool of feminist scholarship. In thirteen multi-disciplin ary esays, the book takes stock of the implicit presuppositions , contradictions, and prospects of ... see all copies from $5.40! new only from $17.70!
12 view cover	My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk about Slavery: Twenty-One Oral Histories of Former North Carolina Slaves more books like this by Belinda Hurmence (Editor) add to wishlist Who could better describe what slavery was like than the people who experienced it? And describe it they did, in thousands of remarkable interviews sponsored by the Federal Writer's Project during the 1930's. More than 2000 slave narratives are now housed in the Library of Congress. More than 170 interviews were conducted in North Carolina. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Voice of the Past - Oral History more books like this by Paul B Thompson add to wishlist In this revised edition of Paul Thompson's successful book, he traces oral history through its own past and weighs up the recent achievements of this international movement. He challenges myths of historical scholarship and looks at the use of oral sources by the historian. The author offers advice on designing a project; discusses reliability of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.33! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Oral History: An Introduction for Students more books like this by Professor James Hoopes add to wishlist see all copies from $3.73! new only from $13.31! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Voices of Valor: D-Day, June 6, 1944 more books like this by Douglas G Brinkley, Ronald J Drez add to wishlist Published for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Voices of Valor, a lavishly illustrated book with audio CDs, presents gripping, first-hand accounts of the Normandy invasion with a central narrative by one of America's preeminent historians. Voices of Valor is an intimate and lasting tribute to the soldiers who fought in Normandy, featuring 40 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16	War Stories: Veterans Remember WW II more books like this by R T King (Editor), University of Nevada Oral History Progra add to wishlist This is an anthology of the recollections of twenty-one American veterans of World War II. Told from a personal perspective, these moving stories deal with themes of historical, national and moral significance, painting a picture of a war that became the defining experience of a generation. see all copies from $5.58! new only from $30.78!
17 view cover	Forgotten Voices of the Great War more books like this by Max Arthur, Imperial War Museum add to wishlist In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous and important task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing WWI veterans and interviewing them at length in order to record the experiences of ordinary individuals in war. The IWM aural archive has become the most important archive of its kind in the world. Authors have ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $10.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Conversations with My Mother: A Keepsake Journal for Celebrating a Lifetime of Stories more books like this by Ronni Lundy add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.35! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Oral History Manual more books like this by Barbara W Sommer, Mary Kay Quinlan add to wishlist In The Oral History Manual, Barbara Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan have designed a guide to help anyone interested in doing oral history research think like an oral historian. Written with direct, clear language, the manual offers step-by-step instructions, checklists, full-size reproducible forms, sample planning documents, project descriptions and ... see all copies from $14.45! new only from $36.87! \| SVS
20 view cover	Eyewitness D-Day: Firsthand Accounts from the Landing at Normandy to the Liberation of Paris more books like this by D M Giangreco, Norman Polmar (Editor), Kathryn Moore add to wishlist This book features interviews with over 50 survivors. It contains hundreds of photographs, including wartime pictures of veterans. It includes a detailed fold-out map of the Normandy beaches, plus a full-length CD of interviews with Emmy Award-winning historical documentarians.The Allied assault on the beaches of Normandy in World War II is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Building Hoover Dam: An Oral History of the Great Depression more books like this by Andrew Dunar, Dennis McBride add to wishlist An engaging oral history of the 31ers who built Hoover Dam and the women who fed them, married them, and shared their lives. Building Hoover Dam is the most intriguing book yet written about one of the modern architectural wonders of the world. Andrew J. Dunar and Dennis McBride skillfully interweave first hand accounts of a fascinating group of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.69! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Mr. Williams more books like this by Karen Barbour add to wishlist The story of the author's neighbor, Mr. Williams, is told in loving detail through the old African-American man's own memories of his 1930s childhood in rural Louisiana, where he grew up in a plain wooden house with 11 siblings and lots of animals. Mr. Williams reminisces about working hard as a sharecropper, enjoying nature, and eating delicious ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23	From Memory to History: Using Oral Sources in Local Historical Research more books like this by Barbara Allen, Lynwood Montell, William Lynwood Montell add to wishlist see all copies from $2.50! first editions
24	Blood Spain more books like this by Ronald Fraser add to wishlist see all copies from $2.41! new only from $34.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	Oral History in Social Work: Research, Assessment, and Intervention more books like this by Dr. Ruth R Martin add to wishlist This is an excellent guide to conducting oral history research. Ruth Martin defines oral history and introduces readers to its basic principles and methodologies. She then provides step-by-step guidelines for using oral histories in various settings with diverse populations. The text is illustrated with examples of oral histories including those ... see all copies from $6.72! new only from $37.63! \| SVS

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