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Summary
Studs Terkel 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, Terkel has created a rich and unique document that is as simple as conversation, but as subtle and heartfelt as the meaning of our lives.... In the first trade paperback edition of his national bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel presents "the real American experience" (Chicago Daily News)--"a magnificent book . . .. A work of art. To read it is to hear America talking." (Boston Globe).
Author Biography
Studs Terkel is the author of eleven books of oral history, including Hope Dies Last and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Good War" (both available from The New Press). He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of a Presidential National Humanities Medal, the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a George Polk Career Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | xi | ||||
| Preface I | |||||
| Who Built the Pyramids? | |||||
| Mike LeFevre | xxxi | ||||
| Preface II | |||||
| Who Spread the News? | |||||
| Billy Carpenter | xxxix | ||||
| Cliff Pickens | xl | ||||
| Terry Pickens | xl | ||||
| Preface III | |||||
| The Mason | |||||
| Carl Murray Bates | xlv | ||||
| Book One Working the Land | |||||
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| Book Two Communications | |||||
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| A Pecking Order | |||||
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| Did You Ever Hear the One About the Farmer's Daughter? | |||||
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| The Commercial | |||||
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| Book Three Cleaning Up | |||||
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110 | (2) | |||
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112 | (6) | |||
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118 | (8) | |||
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| Watching | |||||
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126 | (3) | |||
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| Book Four The Demon Lover The Making | |||||
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174 | (3) | |||
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177 | (4) | |||
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181 | (6) | |||
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187 | (8) | |||
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| The Driving | |||||
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195 | (3) | |||
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198 | (3) | |||
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201 | (5) | |||
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206 | (13) | |||
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| The Parking | |||||
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| The Selling | |||||
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| Book Five Appearance | |||||
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| Counting | |||||
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263 | (4) | |||
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| Footwork | |||||
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268 | (3) | |||
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271 | (3) | |||
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274 | (5) | |||
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279 | (3) | |||
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286 | (3) | |||
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| Just a Housewife | 303 | (352) | |||
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| Book Six The Quiet Life | |||||
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312 | (5) | |||
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317 | (7) | |||
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| Brokers | |||||
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| Bureaucracy | |||||
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| Organizer | 352 | (62) | |||
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| Book Seven The Sporting Life | |||||
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381 | (5) | |||
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386 | (4) | |||
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| In Charge | |||||
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| Ma and Pa Courage | 414 | (637) | |||
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| Reflections on Idleness and Retirement | |||||
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| Book Eight The Age of Charlie Blossom | |||||
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| Cradle to the Grave | |||||
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| Book Nine The Quiz Kid and the Carpenter | |||||
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| In Search of a Calling | |||||
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| Second Chance | |||||
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| Fathers and Sons | |||||
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