Working
People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Studs Terkel
- A
- Pulitzer
- Prize
- winner
- interviews
- workers,
- from
- policemen
- to
- piano
- tuners:
- “Magnificent
- .
- .
- .
- To
- read
- it
- is
- to
- hear
- America
- talking.”
- —The
- Boston
- GlobeA
- National
- Book
- Award
- Finalist
- and
- New
- York
- Times
- bestsellerStuds
- Terkel’s
- classic
- oral
- history
- Working
- is
- a
- compelling
- look
- at
- jobs
- and
- the
- people
- who
- do
- them.
- Consisting
- of
- over
- one
- hundred
- interviews
- with
- everyone
- from
- a
- gravedigger
- to
- a
- studio
- head,
- this
- book
- provides
- a
- “brilliant”
- and
- enduring
- portrait
- of
- people’s
- feelings
- about
- their
- working
- lives.
- This
- edition
- includes
- a
- new
- foreword
- by
- New
- York
- Times
- journalist
- Adam
- Cohen
- (Forbes).“Splendid
- .
- .
- .
- Important
- .
- .
- .
- Rich
- and
- fascinating
- .
- .
- .
- The
- people
- we
- meet
- are
- not
- digits
- in
- a
- poll
- but
- real
- people
- with
- real
- names
- who
- share
- their
- anecdotes,
- adventures,
- and
- aspirations
- with
- us.”
- —Business
- Week“The
- talk
- in
- Working
- is
- good
- talk—earthy,
- passionate,
- honest,
- sometimes
- tender,
- sometimes
- crisp,
- juicy
- as
- reality,
- seasoned
- with
- experience.”
- —The
- Washington Post
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