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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression Studs Terkel
Publisher: New Press, The

Strohl family oral history excerpts courtesy of Thomas Dublin, from Thomas Dublin, with photographs by George Harvan, When the Mines Closed: Stories of Struggles in Hard Times (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998). Apr 22, 2013 - Survival, just survival” (Jane Yoder, in the book “Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression,” Studs Terkel, 1970). The Hurting and Songs for the Big Chair remind me of my summer after high school, and all the good times spent just driving around town. And, it must be said, narrators are a . Oct 22, 2013 - Book Review: Hard Times: An Oral History Of The Great Depression by Studs Terkel. The cult He, creator Paul Feig, and cast members including Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and James Franco tell Robert Lloyd what made the show both great and doomed. Ratings remain low as the series becomes hard even for fans to find. Jan 1, 2013 - 2 Good 2 Be 4Gotten: An Oral History of Freaks and Geeks. I read “Hard Times” in ebook form. Mar 27, 2014 - For Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression, Terkel assembled recollections of the Great Depression that spanned the socioeconomic spectrum, from Okies, through prison inmates, to the wealthy. Dec 23, 2008 - Read "The Rise of American Civilization." For a great book on hard times, along with Studs Terkel's oral histories on the 1930s, two books: David Kennedy's "Freedom from Fear" and Robert McIlvaine's "The Great Depression. Apr 16, 2014 - Over the past week, we've had the pleasure of sharing two excerpts from “Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980s,” and now we've got copies of the book — signed by authors Lori That song singlehandedly turned me from a Metalhead at age 15 into a die-hard New Wave fan. Aug 8, 2012 - Indeed, not surprisingly, many narrators recall with great pride how they coped with life's circumstances through individual effort and sustained hard work, not by directly challenging those circumstances. Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression. In prime time's world of wish fulfillment, Freaks and Geeks was the opposite: 18 episodes that nailed the sad, hilarious unfairness of teen life. Nov 2, 2008 - As our economy has crashed I've often thought about his classic Depression-era stories in Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression.