Hope dies last keeping the faith in difficult times
Main Author: | Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008- |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York : New York :
New Press ; Distributed by W.W. Norton,
c2003.
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Physical Description: |
xxix, 326 p. ; 24 cm. |
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ISBN: |
1565848373 (hc.) |
Author Notes: |
Terkel acted in local stage productions and on radio dramas until he began one of the first 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) |