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Browse our growing archive of more than 1,200 programs. The family moved to chicago in 1922 and opened a rooming house. Studs terkel 19122008 was a free spirit, an outspoken populist, a pulitzer prizewinning author, a terrible ham, and one of the bestloved characters on the american scene. Terkels use of many short interviews gives hard times panoramic breadth. Terkels health had been declining for some time and he was very frail. It provides a top to bottom vision of the depression, from the. The first revised and updated version of this 1970s cult classic. An oral history of the great depression by studs terkel. Hard times mass market paperback january 1, 1971 by studs terkel author. Quotes from a personal memoir and parenthetical comment to hard times. Hard times by studs terkel overdrive rakuten overdrive. Through his radio interviews and books, louis studs terkel has been called the walt whitman of the radio waves and referred to himself as a guerrilla journalist with a tape recorder. Studs terkel was born in the bronx on may 16, 1912, the third son of samuel terkel, a tailor, and the former anna finkel, who had emigrated from bialystok, poland.

In 1973, he selected several interviews that were included in his book to be. The wfmt studs terkel radio archive a living celebration. Hard times, studs terkel documentary ebikare isikhuemhenova. The great depression topic contains a series of memorable radio programs created using terkel s interviews for the book as well as many other programs in which terkel s. The studs terkel reader, originally published under the title my american century, collects the best interviews from eight of terkels classic oral histories together with his magnificent introductions to. Terkel hosted a chicago radio program for 45 years and authored 12. Often called an oral historian, studs terkel preferred to be. The studs terkel radio archive is a collaboration between the wfmt radio network and the chicago history museum chicago. This series is a part of the larger initiative working in america, which has an exhibit featuring images from pulitzer prize. Studs terkel master chronicler of american life in the 20th century, veteran radical and vibrant soul of the midwestern capital of chicago has died, aged 96.

Cleve jones talks about the names project foundation and aids quilt. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Hard times quotes showing 129 of 29 what i remember most of those times is that poverty creates desperation, and desperation creates violence. Hard times and other histories legendary chicago broadcaster studs terkel dedicated his life to capturing the stories of ordinary americans. Hard times an oral history of the great depression studs terkel pdf are you looking for ebook hard times an oral history of the great depression studs terkel pdf. It is a firsthand account of people of varying socioeconomic status who lived in the united states during the great depression the first edition of the book was published in 1970. This is a memory book rather than one of hard fact and precise statistic. Studs terkel won the pulitzer prize in 1985 for his interviews with ordinary people in such books as working, the good war, and hard times. Studs terkel was born louis terkel in new york on may 16, 1912. No individual has popularized oral history more than studs terkel, author of such bestselling books as hard times 1970, working 1974, and the good war 1984. An oral history of the great depression terkel, studs on amazon.

An oral history of the great depression by studs terkel is a panoramic chronicle of the 1930s, comprised entirely of interviews. Those are the recollections of studs terkel, from his classic oral history of the great depression, hard times. Studs terkel, byname of louis terkel, born may 16, 1912, new york city, new york, u. This is the official studs terkel radio archive soundcloud page.

Raised in chicago in the 1920s and 30s, gwendolyn brooks stands among the most influential and. Great depression the wfmt studs terkel radio archive a. In 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. The precise fact or the precise date is of small consequence. A rousing musical with a cast of twenty, working is for anyone who has ever punched a clock, a cow or a supervisor or wanted to. A tape marathon of the depression days, edited by a chicago radio man who employed the same approach with considerable success in a portrait of his city and its ills called division street. Studsterkel radio archive free listening on soundcloud. An oral history of the great depression terkel, studs on. Arrests, evictions and other running sores with willie jeffries, harry hartman, max naiman. Born in 1912, studs terkel is the bestselling author of twelve books of oral history, including working, hard times, and the pulitzer prizewinning the good war all available from the new press. In 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. Not long after studs terkel, the historian of the everyman, died in october, this american life featured a series of interviews that terkel once conducted with americans who lived through the. Hard times by studs terkel, 9781565846562, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. From the pulitzer prizewinning author of the good war.

Born in 1912, pulitzer prizewinning oral historian studs terkel helped thousands of everyday americans tell their own stories. From the 1950s through 1997, studs terkel, author of working, the good war, coming of age and eight other books, hosted a daily show on. Jonathan katz discusses his book gay american history. Studs terkel american author and oral historian britannica. In this invaluable record of one of the most dramatic periods in modern american history, studs terkel recaptures the great depression of the 1930s in all its complexity the new york times.