false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170533393m/59649.jpg 59649 14 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). 826265 book 1974 Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do total:902|5:415|4:334|3:134|2:17|1:2| 902 3849 1566 118 5 2 false false Sat Dec 27 16:15:29 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 16:25:47 -0800 2008
What this book is is what life feels like during the hours you don't choose f...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jan 16 07:40:51 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 07:40:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jul 28 06:20:38 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 06:26:59 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Tue Feb 03 07:43:44 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 09 19:17:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 17 08:55:21 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 28 17:03:03 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 08:55:21 -0800 2009
This is an amazing book, although I can't im...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 19:17:26 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 19:18:42 -0700 2009 I sit here now in my small motel room, just having completed the most relevant book of my career. Studs Terkel’s Working is thick with narratives of Americans in every profession, job, position that could be imagined. This is responsible ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 08 12:49:18 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 12:58:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 06:43:16 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 14:53:45 -0800 2008 1
It would be interesting to see what Americans would say to the same questions Studs posed in today's working world (...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Mar 19 15:07:41 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 15:07:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 27 10:23:41 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 10:33:35 -0700 2009 STOP SMILING interview with Studs Terkel:

BEHIND THE BILLBOARDS
By Danny Postel and JC Gabel

(This interview originally appeared in the STOP SMILING Chicago Issue)

Studs Terkel is “as much a part of Chicago as the Sears Tower and Al Capone,” a BBC j...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 03:00:49 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 03:05:10 -0800 2009 Terkel is apparently a VERY good LISTENER, to get such natural sounding stories of people's lives.
The eye-openers for me were the assembly workers in Detroit auto plants, and the [steel:] truck drivers.
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A cross-section of blue-collar and white collar people in Chicago talk about their jobs - wha...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 09 09:36:40 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 09:49:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 27 17:20:54 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 17:52:41 -0800 2009
Very highly recommended for anyone who deals with the publ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 10:15:35 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 10:17:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 21:08:52 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 21:10:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 13:25:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 13:28:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 12 15:42:10 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 15:45:37 -0700 2009 Working is a clever history of Americans' attitudes about work, their jobs, and employment in general. Terkel is particularly adept at getting people to open up to him, and it really shows in the re...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 20:09:28 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 06:06:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=59649