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True or False: Studs Terkel adopted his first name from the character "Studs Lonigan" by James T. Farrell?
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Studs Terkel

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born

May 16, 1912

died

October 31, 2008

gender

male

place of birth

New York. New York, The United States

website

http://www.studsterkel.org/

genre

Nonfiction

about this author

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Terkel won the Pulitzer prize in 1985 for his interviews with ordinary people in such books as Working, The Good War, and Hard Times. Often called an Oral Historian, Studs Terkel preferred to be known for playing music on the radio.

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avg rating: 4.17 | 2,872 ratings | 418 reviews | 39 distinct works | 10 fans

	Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do by Studs Terkel avg rating 4.26 — 805 ratings — published 1974 14 editions	my rating:
	Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel avg rating 4.17 — 418 ratings — published 1970 7 editions	my rating:
	The Good War: An Oral History of World War II by Studs Terkel avg rating 4.29 — 349 ratings — published 1984 11 editions	my rating:
	Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times by Studs Terkel avg rating 3.96 — 151 ratings — published 2003 5 editions	my rating:
	Division Street: America by Studs Terkel avg rating 4.02 — 148 ratings — published 1967 2 editions	my rating:
	Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession by Studs Terkel avg rating 4.29 — 126 ratings — published 1992 4 editions	my rating:
	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith by Studs Terkel avg rating 4.09 — 121 ratings — published 2001 7 editions	my rating:
	American Dreams: Lost & Found by Studs Terkel avg rating 4.07 — 81 ratings — published 1980 6 editions	my rating:
	Touch and Go: A Memoir by Studs Terkel avg rating 3.81 — 63 ratings — published 2007 4 editions	my rating:
	Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It by Studs Terkel avg rating 4.18 — 49 ratings — published 1995 4 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Studs Terkel

""I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him."
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— Studs Terkel

52 people liked it

"Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying."
— Studs Terkel

9 people liked it

"People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another. -Studs Terkel"
— Studs Terkel

7 people liked it

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