Studs Terkel

From interviews with a Hiroshima survivor, AIDS caseworker, death-row parolee, police, firefighters, emergency health workers, doctors, nurses, writers, undertakers, clergy, etc., etc.

From the Publisher: In this unique re-creation of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. The book is a mosaic of memories from those who were richest to those who were most destitute: politicians like James Farley and Raymond Moley; businessmen like Bill Benton and Clement Stone; a six-day bicycle racer; artists and writers; racketeers; speakeasy...

Consisting of over one hundred interviews conducted with everyone from gravediggers to studio heads, this book provides a snapshot of people's feelings about their working lives, as well as a look at how work fits into American life.

Brief biographies of thirteen jazz musicians who have made major contributions to the development of this form of music.

Forty-eight of Studs Terkel's most famous interviews from his hour long radio program on WFMT in Chicago broadcast from 1950-1990's.