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American Dreams: Lost and Foundby Studs TerkelISBN 1565845455 (1-56584-545-5)
Softcover, New Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Dreams: Lost and Found'Book summary:"Here is the raw material for one thousand novels&.incomparable."Margaret Atwood
In this unique look at one of our most pervasive national myths, Studs Terkel persuades an extraordinary range of Americans to articulate their version of "The American Dream." Beginning with an embittered winner of the Miss U.S.A. contest who sees the con behind the dream of success and including an early interview with a highly ambitious Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terkel explores the diverse landscape of the promise of the United Statesfrom farm kids dreaming of the city to city kids determined to get out, from the Boston Brahmin to the KKK member, from newly arrived immigrants to families who have lived in this country for generations, these narratives include figures both famous and infamous. Filtered through the lens of our leading oral historian, the chorus of voices in American Dreams highlights the hopes and struggles of coming to and living in the United States.
Originally published in 1980, this is a classic work of oral history that provides an extraordinary and moving picture of everyday American lives. [via]More editions of American Dreams: Lost and Found:
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American Hardcore: A Tribal Historyby Steven Blush, George PetrosISBN 0922915717 (0-922915-71-7)
Softcover, Feral House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Hardcore: A Tribal History'Book summary:[via]Hardcore punk was an underground tribal movement created with anger and passion but ultimately destroyed by infighting and dissonance. This oral history includes photographs, discographies, and a complete national perspective on the genre.
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Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in Americaby Paul AvrichISBN 1904859275 (1-904859-27-5)
Softcover, A K Pr Distribution
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anarchist Voices: An Oral History Of Anarchism In America'Book summary:[via]This book contains 180 interviews conducted over a period of 30 years. The interviewees were active between the 1880s and the 1930s and represent all schools of anarchism. Each of the six thematic sections begins with an explanatory essay, and each interview with a biographical note. Their stories provide a wealth of personal detail about such anarchist luminaries as Emma Goldman and Sacco and Vanzetti. This work of impeccable scholarship is an invaluable resource not only for scholars of anarchism but also for those studying immigration, ethnic politics, education, and labor history.
Paul Avrich is a professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York.
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- Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America: ISBN 0691044945 (0-691-04494-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr - Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America: ISBN 0691034125 (0-691-03412-5)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr - Anarchist Voices: An Oral History Of Anarchism In America: ISBN 1904859275 (1-904859-27-5)
Softcover, A K Pr Distribution
- Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America: ISBN 0691044945 (0-691-04494-5)
Bloodsby Wallace TerryISBN 0613911563 (0-613-91156-3)
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Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold : The History of a Lesbian Communityby Elizabeth L. Kennedy, Madeline D. DavisISBN 0140235507 (0-14-023550-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold : The History of a Lesbian Community'Book summary:"Soars on the plain yet eloquent voices of the women...A necessary and overdue addition to the archives of lesbian and gay history."The Boston Globe. Chronicles working-class lesbians in Buffalo, New York from the 1930s through the 60s.[via]More editions of Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold : The History of a Lesbian Community:
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Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Communityby Madeline D. Davis, Elizabeth Lapovsky KennedyISBN 0415902932 (0-415-90293-2)
Hardcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community'Book summary:Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold traces the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo, New York from the mid-1930s up to the early 1960s. Drawing upon the oral histories of 45 women, it is the first comprehensive history of a working-class lesbian community. These poignant and complex stories show how black and white working-class lesbians, although living under oppressive circumstances, nevertheless became powerful agents of historical change.
Based on 13 years of research, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold ranges over such topics as sex, relationships, coming out, butch-fem roles, motherhood, aging, racism, work, oppression and pride. Kennedy and Davis provide a unique insider's perspective on butch-fem culture and argue that the roots of gay and lesbian liberation are found specifically in the determined resistance of working-class lesbians. [via]More editions of Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community:
Challenging Art: Artforum 1962-1974by Amy NewmanISBN 1569473528 (1-56947-352-8)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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Citizen Soldiersby Stephen AmbroseISBN 061350125X (0-613-50125-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Citizen Soldiers'Book summary:Stephen E. Ambrose combines history and journalism to describe how American GIs battled their way to the Rhineland. He focuses on the combat experiences of ordinary soldiers, as opposed to the generals who led them, and offers a series of compelling vignettes that read like an enterprising reporter's dispatches from the front lines. The book presents just enough contextual material to help readers understand the big picture, and includes memorable accounts of the Battle of the Bulge and other events as seen through the weary eyes of the men who fought in the foxholes. Highly recommended for fans of Ambrose, as well as all readers interested in understanding the life of a 1940s army grunt. A sort of sequel to Ambrose's bestselling 1994 book D-Day, Citizen Soldiers is more than capable of standing on its own. [via]
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Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945by Stephen E. AmbroseISBN 0684848015 (0-684-84801-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945: ISBN 0783801742 (0-7838-0174-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945: ISBN 0788160508 (0-7881-6050-8)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co - Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 to May 7, 1945: ISBN 0684848015 (0-684-84801-5)
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- Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945: ISBN 0684815257 (0-684-81525-7)
Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who'Ve Lived Itby Studs TerkelISBN 1565842847 (1-56584-284-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Coming of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Centuryby Studs TerkelISBN 1595581723 (1-59558-172-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Division Street: Americaby Studs TerkelISBN 1595580727 (1-59558-072-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Division Street: America'Book summary:"Division Street: America" is the book that first made Studs Terkel's reputation as the country's foremost oral historian, as "more than a writer. . . a national resource," in the words of John Kenneth Galbraith. Indeed, the people in Division Street were so compelling that Terkel revisited many of them for his recent bestseller, Race, showing how their opinions had changed and their prejudices had grown in the intervening decades. [via]
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Doing Oral History: A Practical Guideby Donald A. RitchieISBN 0195154347 (0-19-515434-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide'Book summary: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 A. Ritchie, a leading expert in the field, answers these questions and, in particular, explains the principles and guidelines created by the Oral History Association to ensure the professional standards of oral historians.
Doing Oral History has become one of the premier resources in the field of oral history. It explores all aspects of oral history, from starting an oral-history project, including funding, staffing, and equipment to conducting interviews; publishing; videotaping; preserving materials; teaching oral history; and using oral history in museums and on the radio. In this second edition, the author has incorporated new trends and scholarship, updated and expanded the bibliography and appendices, and added a new focus on digital technology and the Internet. Appendices include sample legal release forms and information on oral history organizations.
Doing Oral History is a definitive step-by-step guide that provides advice and explanations on how to create recordings that illuminate human experience for generations to come. Illustrated with examples from a wide range of fascinating projects, this authoritative guide offers clear, practical, and detailed advice for students, teachers, researchers, and amateur genealogists who wish to record the history of their own families and communities. [via]More editions of Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide:
A Donald Honig Readerby Donald HonigISBN 0671663399 (0-671-66339-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Edie: American Girlby Jean Stein, George PlimptonISBN 0802134106 (0-8021-3410-6)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin'S, Wagon Making and More Affairs ofby Eliot WiggintonISBN 0385022670 (0-385-02267-0)
Softcover, Doubleday
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From the Trade Paperback edition. [via]More editions of Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin'S, Wagon Making and More Affairs of:
Foxfire 4: Fiddle Making, Springouses, Horse Trading, Sassafras Tea, Berry Buckets, Gardening, and Further Affairs of Plain Livingby Eliot WiggingtonISBN 0385120877 (0-385-12087-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Foxfire 4: Water Systems, Fiddle Making, Logging, Gardening, Sassafras Tea, Wood Carving, and Further Affairs of Plain Livingby Eliot WiggintonISBN 0385120869 (0-385-12086-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Foxfire 7by Eliot WiggintonISBN 0385152442 (0-385-15244-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foxfire 7'Book summary:The seventh Foxfire volume presents traditions of mountain religious heritage, covering ministers, revivals, baptisms, gospel-singing, faith healing, camp meetings, snake handling, and more. [via]
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Foxfire Bookby Eliot WiggintonISBN 0613186699 (0-613-18669-9)
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonby Eliot WiggintonISBN 0385073534 (0-385-07353-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moon'Book summary:In the late 1960s, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazine Foxfire in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This is the original book compilation of Foxfire material which introduces Aunt Arie and her contemporaries and includes log cabin building, hog dressing, snake lore, mountain crafts and food, and "other affairs of plain living." [via]
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Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moon: ISBN 0385073534 (0-385-07353-4)
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Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobsby Rose Kernochan, John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, Sabin C. StreeterISBN 0609807072 (0-609-80707-2)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs'Book summary:Amazing . . . a gem of a book that uses only the strength of the human voice to tell an American story -- sometimes dark, always fascinating.
-- USA Today
The accounts are wonderfully revealing, with gritty and almost shockingly honest detail. For all their variety, they weave a cohesive, passion-filled story of what people bring to their work. It's an addictive read.
-- Harvard Business Review's Best Business Books of 2000
Keen, disturbing, and deeply felt . . . the stories in Gig deliver a more rousing political wallop than those in Working . . . remarkable and strangely moving.
-- Susan Faludi, The Village Voice
I love this book! It's surprising and entertaining and makes the world seem like a bigger and more interesting place. Gig manages to document everyday life and give pure narrative pleasure at the same time. One feels proud to live in the same country as the people in this book.
-- Ira Glass, host of This American Life
A fascinating compilation of what the American workforce has to say about itself.
-- George Plimpton
Eye-opening . . . more revealing than any theories a sociologist could concoct.
-- The Industry Standard
Entertaining, sobering, validating . . . Ordinary people discuss their jobs with extraordinary candor.
-- US Weekly
In the age of advanced spin, this book accomplishes a very rare thing. It actually lets workers speak for themselves. . . . The result makes for a fascinating read.
-- Andrew Ross, director, American Studies Program at New York University
Emotional and eye-opening, each compelling description offers insight about the job itself and, more important, an intimate view of a single human life.
-- Austin Chronicle
An engaging, humorous, revealing, and refreshingly human look at the bizarre, life-threatening, and delightfully humdrum exploits of everyone from sports heroes to sex workers.
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Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millenniumby Marisa Bowe, Sabin C. Streeter, John BoweISBN 0609605887 (0-609-60588-7)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played Itby Lawrence S. RitterISBN 0688112730 (0-688-11273-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Good War: An Oral History of World War IIby Studs TerkelISBN 1565843436 (1-56584-343-6)
Softcover, New Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Good War: An Oral History of World War II'Book summary:Studs Terkel, the noted Chicago-based journalist, gathers the reminiscences of 121 participants in World War II (called "the good war" because, in the words of one soldier, "to see fascism defeated, nothing better could have happened to a human being"). These participants, men and women, famous and ordinary, tell stories that add immeasurably to our understanding of that cataclysmic time. One Soviet soldier recounts that, surrounded by the Germans, his comrades tapped the powder from their last cartridges and inserted notes to their families inside the casings; Russian children, he goes on, still turn these up every now and again and deliver the notes to the soldiers' families. Terkel touches on many themes along the way, including institutionalized racism in the United States military, the birth of the military-industrial complex, and the origins of the Cold War. [via]
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- The Good War : An Oral History of World War II: ISBN 0345325680 (0-345-32568-0)
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The Great Divideby Studs TerkelISBN 038070854X (0-380-70854-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Divide'Book summary:Signed by the author. [via]
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The Greatest Generationby Tom BrokawISBN 0812975294 (0-8129-7529-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Greatest Generation'Book summary:Tom Brokaw was born in 1940, but it wasn't until he was a famous newscaster that he began to contemplate what his parents' generation--those born between 1910 and the mid-1920s--had accomplished. Narrating his own book, he discusses the sacrifices those men and women made: the bodily harm they suffered in war, the diligence with which they built families and businesses, the courage they displayed in rehabilitating their war wounds, the integrity and values that infused their lives. "They never whined or whimpered," Brokaw notes. The stories these men and women tell Brokaw are consistently startling--triumphant, tragic, courageous, sad, miraculous. Although Brokaw never gets maudlin or sappy, most people will find it impossible to listen to this audiobook with dry eyes. (Running time: 4 hours, 3 cassettes) --Lou Schuler [via]
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The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters And Reflectionsby Tom BrokawISBN 0812975308 (0-8129-7530-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters And Reflections'Book summary:The popularity and credibility of charismatic news anchor Tom Brokaw ensured bestseller status for The Greatest Generation, Brokaw's homage to the Americans who survived and overcame the depression and World War II. The Greatest Generation Speaks expands his thesis that we owe a huge debt of gratitude to those tough and courageous men and women for ensuring the freedoms and comforts that Americans enjoy today. Their stories, culled from letters, interviews, and personal histories of the Greatest Generation and their family members, are anecdotal but extremely powerful, showing how men and women were sustained by simple ideals of patriotism, family, and fair play. This individualistic portrait is exactly how Americans saw themselves: Brokaw's book is a valid reflection of the times.
During a period of economic hardship and in a country united by the war effort, choices were simple; few people questioned why America was fighting Germany and Japan. Adversity brought out the best, especially in an optimistic culture like America's. As the soldier who found Beethoven's pianos in a Weimar house says after his unit is shelled, "Nothing like a close call to make the morning more beautiful." The greatest impression that war veterans seem to carry back from war is a sense of comradeship that, in spite of pain and loss, render their war years the most rewarding of all their life experiences. Modern life doesn't necessarily have the same certainties. The Greatest Generation Speaks is a healthy reminder of the foundations on which American society is built. --John Stevenson [via]
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Hard Timesby Studs TerkelISBN 1565846567 (1-56584-656-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:First published in 1970, this classic of oral history features the voices of men and women who lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s. It includes accounts by congressmen C. Wright Patman and Hamilton Fish, as well as failed presidential candidate Alf M. Landon, who recalls what it was like to be governor of Kansas in 1933:
Men with tears in their eyes begged for an appointment that would help save their homes and farms. I couldn't see them all in my office. But I never let one of them leave without my coming out and shakin' hands with 'em. I listened to all their stories, each one of 'em. But it was obvious I couldn't take care of all their terrible needs.
The book includes also the perspectives of ordinary men and women, such as Jim Sheridan, who took part in the 1932 march by World War I veterans to petition for their benefits in Washington, D.C., where they were repelled by army troops led by General Douglas MacArthur. Or Edward Santander, who was a child then: "My first memories come about '31. It was simply a gut issue then: eating or not eating, living or not living." Studs Terkel makes history come alive, drawing out experiences and emotions from his interviewees to the degree few have ever been able to match. [via]More editions of Hard Times:
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Having Our Sayby A. Elizabeth Delany, Sarah L. Delany, Amy Hill HearthISBN 156836010X (1-56836-010-X)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Having Our Say'Book summary:"I never thought I'd see the day that the world would want to hear what two old Negro women have to say," says Bessie Delany. But Bessie and her sister, Sadie, born in 1893 and 1891, saw plenty, by eating a low-fat, high-vegetable diet and outliving the "old Rebby [rebel] boys" who once almost lynched Sadie. This remarkable memoir was a long-running bestseller, spawning a Broadway play and adding to their list of seasoned acquaintances (Marian Anderson, Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, Cab Calloway) such spring chickens as Hillary Clinton. Born to a former slave whose owners broke the law by teaching him to read, the sisters got a solid education. North Carolina was paradise--despite the Rebbies--until Jim Crow reared its hideous head. The girls had loved to ride in the front of the trolley because the wind in their hair made them feel free, but one day the conductor sadly ordered them to the back. The family moved to New York, where Bessie became the town's second black woman dentist and Sadie the first black woman home-ec teacher. They befriended everyone who was anyone in the Harlem Renaissance (their brother won the 1925 Congressional primary there), pursued careers instead of husbands, and lived peacefully together, despite their differences. Sadie was more peaceable, like Booker T. Washington, while Bessie was a W.E.B. Du Bois-style militant.
They're funny: Bessie notes that blacks must be sharp to get ahead, "But if you're average and white, honey, you can go far. Just look at Dan Quayle. If that boy was colored he'd be washing dishes somewhere." And they are wise: Sadie says, "Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet." [via]
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Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Timesby Studs TerkelISBN 1565848373 (1-56584-837-3)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times'Book summary:While American military forces seek to defeat an enemy that has no nation and American citizens ponder a future inextricably linked to the threat of terrorism, legendary writer Studs Terkel steps forward with a remarkable volume of oral histories that sheds new light on fighting for a just cause in uncertain times. As the title of Hope Dies Last suggests, Terkel's interviews all deal with the notion of finding hope in difficult times and holding on to that hope (of a better job, a better life, justice, peace) despite often overwhelming odds. Terkel draws his subjects from an incredibly broad range of backgrounds: pardoned Illinois death row inmate Leroy Orange discusses the events of his life, 94-year-old famed economist John Kenneth Galbraith talks about Enron, undocumented Guatemalans tell of trying to merely survive in modern America. While each testimonial is compelling in its own way, they combine to form a mosaic of human tenacity. Often, as in the case of 1960s civil rights activists, the subjects' ideas are accepted in the long run, for others, including a resident of Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project, the struggle is only just beginning. Terkel, 91 years old at the time of this book's publication, draws from a wealth of human experience but is spry enough to take on new causes and skillfully profile youthful activists with emerging causes. And Hope Dies Last is still a Studs Terkel book, full of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's brand of blue-collar, rabble-rousing, union-card-waving brand of broad shouldered Chicago liberalism that makes the current wave of political writers seem a bit green and petty by comparison. For all of their success in selling books that accuse one another of being liars and idiots, those writers would do well to get out and meet even a few of the people that Studs Terkel has been talking to for years. --John Moe [via]
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Hope Dies Last: Keeping The Faith In Troubled Timesby Studs TerkelISBN 156584937X (1-56584-937-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hope Dies Last: Keeping The Faith In Troubled Times'Book summary:The latest oral history from the unrivaled master of the genre.
Hope Dies Last is Studs Terkel's inspiring new oral history of social action in America. An alternative, more personal history of the "American century," Hope Dies Last forms a legacy of the indefatigable spirit that Studs has always embodied, and an inheritance for those who, by taking a stand, are making concrete the dreams of today.
For Terkel, these interviews represent a change that has taken place in the last few years of uncertainty in America. From a doctor who teaches his young students compassion, to the now-retired brigadier general who flew the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, these interviews tell us much about the power of the American dream and the force of individuals who hope for a better world. Terkel's subjects express with grace and warmth their secret hopes and dreams, combining to tell an inspiring story of optimism and persistence that resonates with the eloquence of conviction. [via]
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I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from Npr's National Story Projectby National Story Project, Paul Auster, Nelly ReiflerISBN 0312421001 (0-312-42100-1)
Softcover, Picador USA
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I Thought My Father Was God : And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Projectby Paul Auster, Nelly Reifler, National Story Project StaffISBN 0805067140 (0-8050-6714-0)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Thought My Father Was God : And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project'Book summary:When the call went out to listeners of National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered to submit stories about their personal experiences, the results were overwhelming. I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project contains editor Paul Auster's pick of the best submissions. The stories, whether fact or fiction, all exhibit a heartfelt earnestness to be heard, and share similar themes of bizarre coincidences, otherworldly intervention, love and loss, life-changing experiences, and mundane pleasures. Some are deeply moving, most are not. But it is uplifting and well worth the time to sift through these brief snapshots of our collective human experience.
To give the book shape, Auster has done his best to categorize the material by subject, such as Animals, Families, War, Love, Dreams, and the like. These categories hold true to the submission criteria: "[I was most interested in] stories that defied our expectations about the world, anecdotes that revealed the mysterious and unknowable forces at work in our lives, in our family histories, in our minds and bodies, in our souls.... I was hoping to put together ... a museum of American reality." I Thought My Father Was God is a testament that, despite what on a bad day we may think is a drab existence, we all have a few good stories in us. --Michael Ferch [via]
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Keeping Family Stories Alive: A Creative Guide to Taping Your Family Life & Loreby Vera RosenbluthISBN 0881790265 (0-88179-026-5)
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Keeping Family Stories Alive: Discovering and Recording the Stories and Reflections of a Lifetimeby Vera RosenbluthISBN 0881791490 (0-88179-149-0)
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Kinderlager: An Oral Trilogy of Young Holocaust Survivorsby Milton J. NieuwsmaISBN 0823413586 (0-8234-1358-6)
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Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights 1945-1990 An Oral Historyby Eric MarcusISBN 0060922222 (0-06-092222-2)
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My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slaveryby Belinda HurmenceISBN 0895870398 (0-89587-039-8)
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The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industryby Legs McNeil, Peter Pavia, Jennifer OsborneISBN 0060096608 (0-06-009660-8)
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Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Trumanby Merle MillerISBN 1579124372 (1-57912-437-2)
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punkby Gillian McCain, Legs McNeilISBN 0140266909 (0-14-026690-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punkby Andre Malraux, Gillian McCainISBN 0802142648 (0-8021-4264-8)
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Race: How Blacks And Whites Think And Feel About The American Obsessionby Studs TerkelISBN 1565849892 (1-56584-989-2)
Softcover, New Pr
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Recording Oral History: A Guide For The Humanities And Social Sciencesby Valerie Raleigh YowISBN 075910655X (0-7591-0655-X)
Softcover, Altamira Pr
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Recording Oral History: A Practical Guide for Social Scientistsby Valerie Raleigh YowISBN 0803955790 (0-8039-5579-0)
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Sabre, Mig-15 & Hunterby Stewart WilsonISBN 1875671129 (1-875671-12-9)
Softcover, Motorbooks Intl
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sabre, Mig-15 & Hunter'Book summary:This is the first in the Legends of the Air series and as its title suggests narrates the histories of three of the classic jet fighters of the 1950s.
Legends 1, like all the books in this series, is essentially three books in one and covers each phase of the development and operation of these three very different yet technically competing aircraft which emerged at a time when the Cold War was anything but cold.
The North American Sabre was the best the West had in 1950 when war erupted in Korea. The USSR surprised the West by the unexpectedly good performance of the previously little known MiG-15, a fine aircraft at the time only let down by poor airmanship and restricted tactical doctrine. England's Hunter followed these two into the air and naturally exceeded the performance of both, consequently remaining in widespread service well into the early 1990s.
In addition to the approximately 70,000 words of text by Stewart Wilson, Sabre, MiG-15 & Hunter is illustrated with 36 specially commissioned color sideview drawings and technical cutaways by Juanita Franzi, and features specification and production tables, maps of areas of operations, and hundreds of photographs. [via]
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A Shared Authorityby Michael FrischISBN 0791401332 (0-7914-0133-2)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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The Spectator: Talk About Movies and Plays With Those Who Made Themby Studs TerkelISBN 1565846338 (1-56584-633-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Studs Terkel's Working: A Teaching Guideby Rick AyersISBN 1565846265 (1-56584-626-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Studs Terkel's Working: A Teaching Guide'Book summary:An invaluable educational resource for introducing Studs Terkel's classic work of oral history to today's students. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer/journalist Studs Terkel is world famous for his oral histories, considered an innovator in modern ethnographic research. Working, Terkel's most popular book, provides a powerful and original perspective on one of the most basic components of human experience: work. The farmer, receptionist, college professor, mail carrier, stockbroker, athlete, and many others share their daily routines and dreams in their own words. Working has long been recognized as an ideal teaching tool, presenting provocative material certain to engage students, ignite classroom discussion, and inspire thoughtful writing. Now, helping educators discover a variety of approaches for using Working in the classroom, Rick Ayers presents a comprehensive teaching guide to this celebrated classic. With its 200 pages of classroom materials--including questions, topics for discussion, tips for taking oral histories, and a bibliography of related resources--Ayers' teaching guide is certain to be welcomed by educators everywhere. As an added bonus, it includes a new interview with Terkel himself, offering insight into the making of Working. [via]
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Texans: Oral Histories from the Lone Star Stateby Ron StricklandISBN 1557780382 (1-55778-038-2)
Hardcover, Paragon House
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True Tales of American Lifeby Paul Auster, Nelly Reifler, National Public Radio (U.S.), National Story Project (U.S.)ISBN 0571210708 (0-571-21070-8)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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› Find signed collectible books: 'True Tales of American Life'Book summary:Chosen by Paul Auster out of 4000 stories submitted to his radio programme on National Public Radio, these 180 stories provide an illuminating portrait of America in the 20th century. The selection requirement of the stories was that they should be true and not previously published. [via]
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The Voice of the Past: Oral Historyby Paul Richard ThompsonISBN 0192893173 (0-19-289317-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Voices From Chernobylby Svetlana Alexievich, Keith GessenISBN 1564784010 (1-56478-401-0)
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We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punkby Marc Spitz, Brenden MullenISBN 0609807749 (0-609-80774-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faithby Studs TerkelISBN 1565846923 (1-56584-692-3)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith'Book summary:Mustering more spunk and battery juice than his overworked tape recorder, 88-year-old Studs Terkel cranks out another eclectic treasury of oral histories in Will the Circle Be Unbroken? This time, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Good War takes on death, a universal experience that solicits plenty of speculation, caution, and emotion from his 60-plus interviewees. Regular folks--ranging from the deeply religious to the deeply atheistic--share their life stories and their hopes or suspicions about the afterlife. Some are well-known, such as author Kurt Vonnegut, radio journalist Ira Glass, and folksinger Doc Watson (who, incidentally, appears in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's classic bluegrass album Will the Circle Be Unbroken). Others, including parents, artists, medics, and clergymen, share equally compelling stories about losing family members, patients, and friends; personal encounters with heavenly voices; and apparitions. Terkel lies low throughout the book; his voice is only heard in the short intros to each speaker's story and in the chuckle-inducing introduction, which tells the story of an asthmatic boy--Studs, of course--who ironically outlives his family and dear wife Ida. The result is a vibrant tapestry of life's full process, sure to stir compassion and inspiration in adults at any point on the curve. --Liane Thomas [via]
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Workingby Studs TerkelISBN 1565843428 (1-56584-342-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Working'Book summary:Studs Turkel records the voices of America. Men and women from every walk of life talk to him, telling him of their likes and dislikes, fears, problems, and happinesses on the job. Once again, Turkel has created a rich and unique document that is as simple as conversation, but as subtle and heartfelt as the meaning of our lives.... [via]
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Doby Studs TerkelISBN 0394729536 (0-394-72953-6)
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