Studs Terkel: 13 books
The Studs Terkel Reader
My American Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
With a foreword by Robert Coles and a preface by Calvin Trillin.
The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his wonderful original introductions to each book. Featuring selections from American Dreams,...
And They All Sang
Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian talks with some of twentieth century’s most iconic musicians—“Riveting . . . Just about every interview has a revelation” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Through the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted the legendary radio show...
by Studs Terkel
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
In a blend of history, memoir, and photography, the Pulitzer Prize winner paints a vivid portrait of this extraordinary American city.
Chicago was home to the country’s first skyscraper (a ten-story building built in 1884), and marks the start of the famed Route 66. It is also the birthplace...
Hard Times
An Illustrated Oral History of the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
First published in 1970, Studs Terkel’s bestselling Hard Times has been called a huge anthem in praise of the American spirit” (Saturday Review) and an invaluable record” (The New York Times). With his trademark grace and compassion, Terkel evokes a mosaic of memories from those who were...
P.S.
Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
This “electrifying” collection of unpublished work demonstrates the Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s “great gift for tapping into the lifeblood of America” (Booklist).
Millions of Studs Terkel fans have come to know the prizewinning oral historian through his landmark books—The...
"The Good War"
An Oral History of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize: “The richest and most powerful single document of the American experience in World War II” (The Boston Globe).
“The Good War” is a testament not only to the experience of war but to the extraordinary skill of Studs Terkel as an interviewer and oral historian....
Hard Times
An Oral History of the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
**From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Good War:**A masterpiece of modern journalism and “a huge anthem in praise of the American spirit” (Saturday Review).
In this “invaluable record” of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures...
Hope Dies Last
Keeping the Faith In Troubled Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
America’s most inspirational voices, in their own words: “If you’re looking for a reason to act and dream again, you’ll find it in the pages of this book” (Chicago Tribune).
Published when Studs Terkel was ninety-one years old, this astonishing oral history tackles one of the famed...
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The renowned oral historian interviews ordinary people about facing mortality: “It’s the unguarded voices he presents that stay with you.” —The New York Times
In this book, the Pulitzer Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Studs Terkel, author of the New York Times bestseller...
Touch and Go
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
This memoir by the oral historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Good War is “a masterpiece about a life which itself is a sort of masterpiece” (Oliver Sacks).
Chosen as a Best Book of the Year in 2007 by the Chicago Tribune, Publishers Weekly, and Playboy, Studs Terkel’s...
by Paul Buhle, Studs Terkel
Language: French
Release Date: August 9, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: August 9, 2013
Louis « Studs » Terkel (1912-2008) s’est rendu célèbre comme journaliste de radio et comme auteur de nombreux ouvrages d’histoires orales qui constituent l’une des sources documentaires les plus riches et les plus saisissantes sur l’histoire des États-Unis au XXe siècle. C’est l’une...
Working
People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: “Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking.” —The Boston Globe
A National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller
Studs Terkel’s classic oral history Working is a compelling look...
The Man with the Golden Arm
50th Anniversary Critical Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into wafer-thin slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems.
The literary critic Malcolm...