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Hope Dies Last
New Press, The 2004; US$ 17.95Hope 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,... more...
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
New Press, The 2001; US$ 25.95Studs Terkel has turned to the ultimate human experience, that of death and the possibility of life afterward. Death is the one experience we all share but cannot know. In Studs Terkel?s powerful new book, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? a wide range of people address that final experience and its impact on the present in which we live. In talking... more...
And They All Sang
New Press, The 2006; US$ 16.95Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted a legendary daily radio show in Chicago, presenting listeners with his inimitable take on an eclectic range of music, from classical, opera, and jazz to gospel, blues, folk, and rock. And They All Sang is nothing less than "a tribute to music?s universality and power" ( Philadelphia... more...
P.S.
New Press, The 2011; US$ 16.95Millions of Studs Terkel fans have come to know the prizewinning oral historian through his landmark books? ?The Good War? , Hard Times , Working , Will the Circle Be Unbroken? , and many others. Few people realize, however, that much of Studs?s best work was not collected into these thematic volumes and has, in fact, never been published. P.S.... more...
The Good War
New Press, The 2011; US$ 18.95The Good War for which Terkel won the Pulitzer Prize, is a testament not only to the experience of war but to the extraordinary skill of Terkel as interviewer. As always, Terkel?s subjects are open and unrelenting in their analyses of themselves and their experiences, producing what People magazine has called ?a splendid epic history of World... more...
Hard Times
New Press, The 2011; US$ 17.95In this unique recreation of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. featuring a mosaic of memories from politicians, businessmen, artists, and writers, from those who were just kids to those who remember losing a fortune, Hard Times is not only... more...
The Studs Terkel Reader
New Press, The 2011; US$ 18.95With 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 , Coming of Age , Division Street , "The Good War... more...
Working
New Press, The 2011; US$ 21.95WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY ADAM COHEN OF THE NEW YORK TIMES Perhaps Studs Terkel's best-known book, Working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, from a policeman to a piano tuner, this book provides an enduring portrait of people's feelings... more...
Studs Terkel's Chicago
New Press, The 2012; US$ 19.95In the tradition of E. B. White?s bestselling Here Is New York, Chicago a tribute to the ?Second City??part history, part memoir, and 100% Studs Terkel?infused with anecdotes, memories, and reflections that celebrate the great city. Chicago was home to the country?s first skyscraper (a ten-story building built in 1884) and marks the start of the... more...
Hard Times
New Press, The 2012; US$ 21.95First 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 richest to those who were destitute: politicians, businessmen,... more...









