Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times
by Studs Terkel
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Hope 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, these interviews represent a change that has taken place in the last few years of uncertainty in America. From a doctor who teaches his young show more students compassion, to the now-retired brigadier general who flew the Enola Gay o show lessTags
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A great collection of interviews with all stripes of people, all providing a sense of hope in dark times. I read this in bits and pieces and still find myself able to pick it up from time to time for a little inspiration.
I had quite high hopes for this book but I found it quite disappointing. Perhaps given Terkel's age I should have expected it, but I wasn't particularly interested in listening to the stories of so many people in their 80s or 90s. I was hoping for something a bit more contemporary and not recollections of the 1930s depression!
There were *some* good tales in here but ultimately I found much of the book relatively uninteresting and repetitive. Just not what I was hoping for!
There were *some* good tales in here but ultimately I found much of the book relatively uninteresting and repetitive. Just not what I was hoping for!
Amazing- inspiring, thought-provoking, moving. It's now a part of my 'books I want to carry with me forever' collection.
Favorite "modern" Terkel book. Favorite "early" Terkel book is [b:Working|2657|To Kill a Mockingbird|Harper Lee|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234606708s/2657.jpg|3275794].
A man with a gift for asking the right questions and getting inspiring answers
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Studs Terkel was an actor, writer, and radio host. He was born Louis Terkel on May 16, 1912 in New York City. He took his name from the James T. Farrell novel, Studs Lonigan. Terkel attended the University of Chicago and graduated with a law degree in 1934. Terkel acted in local stage productions and on radio dramas until he began one of the first show more television programs, an unscripted show called Studs Place in the early 1950s. In 1952, Terkel began Studs Terkel's Almanac on radio station WFMT in Chicago. Terkel compiled a series of books based on oral histories that defined America in the 20th Century. Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do received a National Book Award nomination in 1975. The Good War: An Oral History of World War II won the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction in 1985. Working was turned into a hit musical in 1978. Terkel was named the Communicator of the Year by the University of Chicago in 1969. He also won a Peabody Award for excellence in journalism in 1980 and the National Book Foundation Medal for contributions to American letters in 1997. He died on October 31, 2008 at the age of 96. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Hope Dies Last. Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times
- Original publication date
- 2003
- Dedication*
- In Erinnerung an Clifford und Virginia Durr
- First words
- Two tall, large-boned, bespectacled men enter the room.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I see them do that and I realize that kind of hope can't be abandoned, and I'm not going to give in to despair.
- Original language*
- Englisch
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Sociology, General Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 920.073 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Healdry Biographies General and collective by localities Of North America Famous Americans
- LCC
- BD216 .T47 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Speculative philosophy Speculative philosophy Epistemology. Theory of knowledge
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- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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