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I hadn't read or heard any of Terkel's work prior to reading this collection, but better late than never. There are several things that make this book incredibly enjoyable and well worth reading. The voices of the people he interviewed come across in a way that makes you feel like you're hearing them speak, and the characters of their speech and their personalities are brought to life. I hear the voices of Americans from many eras and can feel the wonder, the nostalgia, the hopes and fears of each of those eras by people who actually lived through them.
The other thing that makes this collection so meaningful and interesting is that Terkel interviewed an enormous range of people and by doing so allows the reader to view the full spectrum of opinions and ranges of experience that Americans have had over the past century. Wealthy businessmen, neighborhood organizers, con men, immigrants, farmers, soldiers, firemen, policemen, waitresses, blacks, whites, the elderly - all their voices are given equal airtime in this collection. Their diversity of experiences and opinions provides a well rounded perspective of the situations and conditions through which they lived.
Throw out the traditional 20th century American history books and pick up this Terkel collection instead.
The other thing that makes this collection so meaningful and interesting is that Terkel interviewed an enormous range of people and by doing so allows the reader to view the full spectrum of opinions and ranges of experience that Americans have had over the past century. Wealthy businessmen, neighborhood organizers, con men, immigrants, farmers, soldiers, firemen, policemen, waitresses, blacks, whites, the elderly - all their voices are given equal airtime in this collection. Their diversity of experiences and opinions provides a well rounded perspective of the situations and conditions through which they lived.
Throw out the traditional 20th century American history books and pick up this Terkel collection instead.
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What better way to celebrate a remarkable life....
1 Nov 2008
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...than to re-read, in this inspired anthology, the best of Studs Terkel's oral histories (which is to say the best of the best)? This volume samples interviews/oral histories from Mr. Terkel's remarkable books, each a different perspective on an aspect of American life. Overall, his interviews pose a paradox--not a troubling one, but a reassuring one---perhaps expressed best as a question: How is it that we, each of us as individuals, how is that we each are so full of foibles, fallacies, oddities, meanness, illusions, and yet so full of wisdom, grace, insight, joy, and compassion? The genius of his work, for me, is that this isn't some kind of sentimental claptrap, but an ongoing lively pulse built into the people to whom he gave voice. Mr. Terkel's life and work showed more than anything else that those two sets of attributes are not exclusive but rather are interdependent, necessary complements. Is it too much to compare this kind of achievement to Shakespeare's or Milton's or Bach's? Yep, absolutely. But even so ....
May this icon of Chicago, yet son of New York City (he was born in the Bronx) rest in eternity's solace. May we remain moved by what this gentle and great man was able to help us reveal. In the end, Studs, ora pro nobis.
May this icon of Chicago, yet son of New York City (he was born in the Bronx) rest in eternity's solace. May we remain moved by what this gentle and great man was able to help us reveal. In the end, Studs, ora pro nobis.
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