About this book

Working People Talk About What They Do All Day And How They Feel About What They Do Studs Terkel by Studs Terkel; Recorded Books, Inc is a book available to read on EtoBox.

A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: “Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking.” — The Boston Globe A National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller Studs 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

Author

Studs Terkel; Recorded Books, Inc

Publisher

New Press; Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co.; The New Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565849440

Subjects

Business, Anthropology, History