Working the land -- Communications -- A pecking order -- Did you ever hear the one about the farmer's daughter? -- The commercial -- Cleaning up -- Watching -- The demon lover / The making / The driving / The parking / The selling -- Appearance -- Counting -- Footwork -- Just a housewife -- The quiet life -- Brokers -- Bureaucracy -- Organizer -- The sporting life -- In charge -- Ma and Pa courage -- Reflections on idleness and retirement -- The age of Charlie Blossom -- Cradle to the grave -- The quiz kid and the carpenter -- In search of a calling -- Second chance -- Fathers and sons.
Summary:
"When it was first published in 1974, Studs Terkel's oral history about "what people do all day and how they feel about it" became a best seller, was hailed as an instant classic, and eventually inspired a Broadway musical. Today, in this new edition with a foreword by the New York Times' Adam Cohen, it remains as relevant as ever: a masterpiece that reveals how "ordinary" Americans - that is, all of us - ceaselessly search for, but only sometimes find, satisfaction in our work."--Dust jacket back cover.
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