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1	Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist 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 £3.02! new only from £9.37! \| first editions
2	Working more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist 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 £1.24! new only from £30.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Hard Times: An Oral History of Great Depression more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist Studs Terkel's classic history of the Great Depression. see all copies from £6.70! new only from £11.13! \| first editions
4	The Good War: An Oral History of World War II more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist The first trade paperback edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book with a new Preface by the author. "As in "Hard Times" and "Working", this master interviewer again creates a turbulent epic of human experience by quoting the words of those who lived it. . . . A vivid resurrection of a lost time".--"Newsday". see all copies from £6.85! new only from £12.05! \| signed copies
5	One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko more books like this by Mike Royko, Lois Wille (Commentaries by), Studs Terkel (Foreword by) add to wishlist 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 £2.99! new only from £7.16! \| first editions
6	Good War more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist 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 £4.98! new only from £32.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	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 £4.98! new only from £6.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
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 add to wishlist For all readers, especially those whose only of World War II may be from textbooks or films, Ernie's War offers a revealing, poignant look at the actual experiences of the average foot soldier swept into the tumult of battle. 9 black-and-white photographs. see all copies from £5.14! new only from £8.09! \| first editions
9	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist In Terkel's powerful new book a wide range of people address that final experience and its impact on the present in which they live. In talking about the ultimate and unknowable culmination of life, these people give voice to their deepest beliefs and hopes, reflecting on the lives they have led and what still lies before them. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £6.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Division street: America more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist 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 £5.02! new only from £7.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	American Dreams: Lost & Found more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist 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 £1.24! new only from £7.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Hard Times more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist "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 £5.60! new only from £14.31! \| first editions
13 view cover	Will the Circle Be Unbroken more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist Studs Terkel explores the questions surrounding death, mortality, and the meaning of life in this collection of 60 interviews. see all copies from £1.97! new only from £1.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Hope Dies Last more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist "Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times" is the tenth oral history by the Pulitzer Prize winner and his account of an "American century" of hope, activism, and determination. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £6.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
15	Hard times: an oral history of the Great Depression more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist see all copies from £5.60! signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist 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 £4.98! new only from £6.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist The noted oral historian recalls his eventful life and the many fascinating people he has interviewed. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £28.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice more books like this by Edward T Chambers, Studs Terkel (Foreword by) add to wishlist Presents a summary of the philosophy of the Industrial Arts Foundation by its current leader and an account of its extraordinary founder, Saul Alinsky. see all copies from £14.82! new only from £14.82! \| first editions
19 view cover	Outside the Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr more books like this by Virginia Foster Durr, Hollinger F Barnard (Editor), Studs Terkel (Foreword by) add to wishlist This is the oral autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr, a fiery, wisecracking Southern heroine whose metamorphosis from Southern belle who refused to eat with blacks to a leader of the Civil Rights movement helped to change the face of the South. 21 photographs. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £7.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist Now in paperback--"Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times" is the tenth oral history by the Pulitzer Prize winner and his account of an "American century" of hope, activism, and determination. see all copies from £5.38! new only from £7.46! \| first editions
21 view cover	Bridges of Memory: Chicago's First Wave of Black Migration more books like this by Timuel D Black, Jr., Studs Terkel (Foreword by), John Hope Franklin (Foreword by) add to wishlist Oral history of the first order, Bridges of Memory lets us hear the voices of those who left social, political, and economic oppression for political freedom and opportunity such as they'd never known - and for new forms of prejudice and segregation. These children and grandchildren of ex-slaves found work in the stockyards and steel mills of ... see all copies from £15.48! new only from £15.48!
22 view cover	P.S.: Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist The Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian and nonagenarian makes a selection of his favorite unpublished writings, broadcasts, and interviews, in this fitting postscript that displays Terkel's extraordinary range of talent. see all copies from £2.09! new only from £4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	My American Century more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist 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 £4.05! new only from £10.45! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist Originally published under the title "My American Century," this anthology collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his magnificent introductions to each work. see all copies from £3.97! new only from £5.60! \| first editions
25 view cover	Chicago Baseball in the City more books like this by Derek Gentile, Studs Terkel (Foreword by) add to wishlist Ever since 1851 when two amateur teams from Joliet and Lockport met on the diamond for the city's first recorded game, Chicago has been a baseball kind of town. Covering everything from major leagues to little leagues, "Chicago: Baseball in the City" is a comprehensive catalog of the enduring love between the city and the sport. .It features: - ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £6.81!

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