 Photo by Robert Birnbaum (courtesy of the photographer) | | 7,381 | 77 |  (4.02) | 19 | 0 |
- Working 1,222 copies, 9 reviews
- "The Good War": An Oral History of World War II 954 copies, 10 reviews
- Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression 713 copies, 3 reviews
- Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel about the American Obsession 333 copies, 5 reviews
- American Dreams: Lost and Found 323 copies, 1 review
- Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who'Ve Lived It 290 copies, 1 review
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for… 283 copies, 3 reviews
- Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times 269 copies, 5 reviews
- The Great Divide: Second Thoughts on the American Dream 210 copies
- Division Street: American 200 copies, 1 review
- My American Century 175 copies, 1 review
- Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times 174 copies
- Touch and Go: A Memoir 96 copies, 5 reviews
- And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey 82 copies, 1 review
- This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (Foreword) 670 copies, 22 reviews
- Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (Contributor, some editions) 267 copies
- The Book of War: 25 Centuries of Great War Writing (Contributor) 220 copies
- The Man with the Golden Arm: 50th anniversary critical edition (Contributor) 209 copies
- Chicago: City on the Make: 50th Anniversary Edition, Newly Annotated (Introduction, some editions) 163 copies
- Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches (Foreword) 120 copies, 1 review
- Boob Jubilee: The Mad Cultural Politics of the New Economy: Salvos from… (Foreword) 57 copies
- The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World (Contributor) 56 copies, 4 reviews
- Tales of a Theatrical Guru (Foreword) 4 copies
- Dissent, Winter 1972: Special Issue: The World of the Blue Collar Worker (Contributor) 1 copy
Top members (works)TheoClarke (18), msbullock (18), TLCrawford (17), pmowrey (15), bharo (13), emcelroy (12), KevinEldon (12), elkiedee (12), hamartophobic (11), ficekrichard47 (11), jayverh (10), joele1 (10), eromsted (10), Philotera (10) — more Recently addedDellaWanna (2), Liz9592 (1), hollylovesbooks (1), andomck (1), dukedom_enough (1), khed2 (1), TwinCitiesIWW (1), ManchesterOMA (3), adbekunkus (2), lorax (1) Legacy LibrariesMember favoritesMembers: SKinJinan, curmudgeony, private member, pricea11, Librariasaurus, JBesq, bookmammal, blackhornet, pmowrey, jhoole, TakeItOrLeaveIt, zgao, TheoClarke, NativeRoses, eduscapes, melmore, bostonian71, TLCrawford, Jesse_wiedinmyer Studs Terkel has 1 media appearance. A conversation with Studs Terkel Studs TerkelJournalist and author Studs Terkel, honored this week with the Polk Career Award given by Long Island University, talks about his career compiling oral histories. Terkel muses about journalists' obsession with anniversaries of historical events. (timspalding) Studs Terkel has 2 past events. (show) Monday Afternoon Book Group: "P.S.: Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening" by Studs Terkel Studs Terkel, Rick Kogan, Elizabeth Taylor
|
|
| Canonical name | | | Legal name | | | Other names | | | Date of birth | | | Date of death | | | Burial location | | | Gender | | | Nationality | | | Country (for map) | | | Birthplace | | | Place of death | | | Places of residence | | | Education | | | Occupations | | | Relationships | | | Organizations | | | Awards and honors | | | Agents | | | Short biography | Studs Terkel was born in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants. He moved with his parents to Chicago where his parents ran a boarding house. Though graduating from law school, Terkel chose not to practice law. He joined a theater group and did other work until he began writing. In the 1950's, he was blacklisted from television for refusing to sign a loyalty oath to CBS. He was married to social worker Ida Goldberg for 60 years before her death in 1999. Studs Terkel is survived by one son, Dan Terkell.  | |
| | Disambiguation notice | | |
Related people/charactersImprove this authorCombine/separate worksAuthor divisionStuds Terkel is currently considered a "single author." If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. IncludesStuds Terkel is composed of 9 names. You can examine and separate out names. Combine with…
|
7
