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Studs Terkel

Born

in New York. New York, The United States

May 16, 1912

Died

October 31, 2008

Website

http://www.studsterkel.org/

Genre

Nonfiction, Oral History, History

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Louis "Studs" Terkel was an American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for "The Good War", and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.

Terkel was acclaimed for his efforts to preserve American oral history. His 1985 book "The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two", which detailed ordinary peoples' accounts of the country's involvement in World War II, won the Pulitzer Prize. For "Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression", Terkel assembled recollections of the Great Depression that spanned the socioeconomic spectrum, from Okies, through prison inmates, to the wealthy. His 1974 bo ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 27,188 ratings · 2,707 reviews · 81 distinct works • Similar authors

	Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do 4.24 avg rating — 5,919 ratings — published 1974	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good War: An Oral History of World War II 4.30 avg rating — 4,907 ratings — published 1984 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression 4.19 avg rating — 2,996 ratings — published 1970 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Division Street: America 4.17 avg rating — 709 ratings — published 1966 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Reflections on Death, Rebirth and Hunger for a Faith 4.13 avg rating — 640 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Race: How Blacks And Whites Think And Feel About The American Obsession 4.25 avg rating — 578 ratings — published 1992 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times 3.98 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It 4.02 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1995 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Dreams: Lost and Found 4.15 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1980 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century by Studs Terkel, Calvin Trillin (Foreword by), Robert Coles (Introduction) 4.23 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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