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Author:

Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008.

Title:

P.S. : further thoughts from a lifetime of listening / Studs Terkel.

Publisher:

Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co.,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

x, 230 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Terkel, Studs,--1912-2008--Miscellanea.
Broadcasters--United States--Miscellanea.--Miscellanea.
Authors, American--20th century--Miscellanea.--Miscellanea.
Interviews--United States.
United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Miscellanea.
United States--Social conditions--20th century--Miscellanea.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century--Miscellanea.
United States--Politics and government--20th century--Miscellanea.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Miscellanea.

Other Titles:

Chicago (1975)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-230). Includes pieces that appeared in the WFMT magazine, Chicago.

Contents:

Scaring the daylights out of Ma Perkins, 1974 -- Dreamland, 1977 -- James Baldwin, 1961 -- "City of hands was born in mud and fire," Financial times, 2005 -- Janus : some portraits from memory. Vince Garrity, 1974 -- Frank Tuller, in memoriam, 1975 -- Chester Kolar -- Stanley Cygan -- Who's got the ballot? : Red Kelly, 1975 -- Ya gotta fight city hall, 1973 -- If you were God -- Nighthawks, 1971 -- A Christmas memory, 1973 -- Uptown. Suffer the little children, 1980 -- A family bar, 1979 -- Aaron Barkham -- A voice from a "Hey, you" neighborhood, 1973 -- E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, 1978 -- A gathering of survivors, 1971-72 -- Born to live, 1961.

Summary:

"P.S. brings together these significant and deeply enjoyable writings for the first time and reflects Studs Terkel's wide-ranging interests and travels, as well as his abiding connection to his hometown, Chicago. Here we have a remarkable and moving conversation with James Baldwin, possibly Studs's finest interview with an author; vivid portraits of studs's heroes and cohorts; the transcript of Studs's famous broadcast on the Depression, the essence of what was to become Hard Times; and the transcript of his 1962 Prix Italls award-winning documentary Born to Live."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

1595584234 (pbk.)
9781595584236 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2008026539

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

NOPA983 -- Grafton Public Library (Grafton)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)