The Studs Terkel Reader

My American Century

By: Studs Terkel

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Paperback | 16 May 2007 | Edition Number 1

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A new addition to the collection of elegant reissues of the Studs Terkel oeuvre

The Studs Terkel Reader, originally published under the title My American Century, collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his magnificent introductions to each work. Featuring selections from American Dreams, Coming of Age, Division Street, "The Good War", The Great Divide, Hard Times, Race, and Working, this "greatest hits" volume is a treasury of Terkel's most memorable subjects that will delight his many lifelong fans and provide a perfect introduction for those who have not yet experienced the joy of reading Studs Terkel.

It includes an introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Coles surveying Terkel's overall body of work and a new foreword by Calvin Trillin.

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A summing up of the best of Terkel." -- Herbert Mitgang

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Non-Fiction History Earliest Times to Present Day 20th Century History from 1900 to 2000 Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Communication Studies Regional & National History History of the Americas

Preface	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 3
Note	p. 19
The Dream
American Dreams: Lost and Found (1980)
Introduction	p. 23
Vine Deloria, Native American author and teacher	p. 34
Andy Johnson, hardscrabble Finnish immigrant	p. 38
Wallace Rasmussen, Horatio Alger Award winner	p. 42
Vernon Jarrett, African-American newspaperman	p. 49
C. P. Ellis, former Klansman	p. 62
Leonel I. Castillo, former director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service	p. 77
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression (1970)
Introduction: A Personal Memoir (and Parenthetical Comment)	p. 83
Ed Paulsen, freight-train rider	p. 91
Arthur A. Robertson, mogul	p. 99
Clifford Burke, hustler	p. 105
Doc Graham, gangster	p. 107
Oscar Heline, farmer	p. 120
Jane Yoder, daughter of a WPA worker	p. 126
Tom Yoder, Jane's son	p. 130
Jerome Zerbe, society's photographer	p. 130
Peggy Tevry and her mother, Mary Owsley, mountain people	p. 137
We Still See Their Faces: Introduction to the 50th anniversary edition of The Grapes of Wrath	p. 147
"The Good War": An Oral History of World War II (1984)
Introduction	p. 161
Bob Rasmus, rifleman	p. 177
Peggy Terry, "hillbilly"	p. 189
E. B. (Sledgehammer) Sledge, Marine	p. 196
Peter Ota, Nisei	p. 205
Betty Basye Hutchinson, nurse	p. 211
The City
Division Street: America (1967)
Introduction	p. 221
Florence Scala, neighborhood crusader	p. 226
Dennis Hart, cabbie	p. 236
Lucy Jefferson, migrant from Mississippi	p. 244
Kid Pharaoh, con man	p. 252
Tom Kearney, cop	p. 262
Chester Kolar, next-door neighbor	p. 272
George Malley (a.k.a. Henry Lorenz), blue-collar worker	p. 273
Eva Barnes, landlady	p. 282
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do (1972)
Introduction	p. 301
Mike Lefevre, steelworker	p. 319
Dolores Dante, waitress	p. 329
Roberto Acuna, farm worker	p. 336
Eric Nesterenko, pro hockey player	p. 346
Phil Stallings, auto worker	p. 354
Tom Patrick, fireman	p. 360
The Divide
The Great Divide: Second Thoughts on the American Dream (1988)
Introduction	p. 381
Caroll Nearmyer, family farmer	p. 393
Rex Winship, trader	p. 400
Sam Talbert, teamster	p. 410
Larry Heinemann, Vietnam War veteran	p. 416
Jean Gump, suburban grandmother	p. 421
Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession (1992)
Introduction	p. 429
Joseph Lattimore, African-American	p. 450
Diane Romano, white mother of six	p. 459
Lloyd King, mixed race	p. 467
Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century By Those Who Have Lived It (1995)
Introduction	p. 477
Bessie Doenges, writer	p. 495
Jack Culberg, CEO	p. 504
Genora Johnson Dollinger, remembering the 1937 sit-down strike	p. 511
Jacob Lawrence, artist	p. 521
David Brewer, environmentalist	p. 526
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