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American dreams, lost and found / Studs Terkel.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Interviews.
- National characteristics, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 515 pages ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ballantine, 1981.
- Summary:
- Brings to light the varied dreams of Americans, dreams of riches, of a simple life, of power, of just making it through another day.
- Contents:
- Preface / Robert Sherrill
- Miss U.S.A.
- Emma Knight
- The Stream
- Leonel I. Castillo
- Onward and Upward
- The Boss
- Wallace Rasmussen
- Gaylord Freeman
- S.B. Fuller
- Jim Vrettos
- Dan O'Brien
- Bill Veeck
- The Hired Gun, The Travelin' Lady, The Wanderin' Kid, and The Indian
- Jay Slabaugh
- Rosalie Sorrells
- Ann Banks
- Vine Deloria
- Fantasia
- Jill Robinson
- Joan Crawford
- Sharon Fox
- Carey Edwards
- Ted Turner
- John Fielding
- True Believer
- Matt Matejkowski
- O Canaan Land
- Arriving: Then
- Andy Johnson
- Vernon Jarrett
- Thomas Boylston Adams
- Angelo Rocco
- Stanley Cygan
- Dora Rosenzweig
- Generations: First and Second
- Norman Maclean
- Florence Scala
- Stella Nowicki
- Leon Duncan
- Rafael Rosa
- Arriving: Now
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Karlis Enins
- Miguel Cortez
- Anastasias (Andy) Kostelis
- Going and Coming
- Jenny Bird
- Peggy Terry
- In the Country
- Stirrings in the Field
- Herschel Ligon
- Jessie de la Cruz
- Them
- Aki and Jun Kurose
- Girl of the Golden West
- Ramona Bennett
- Sowing on the Mountain
- Florence Reese
- Joe Begley
- Gaynell Begley
- The Diploma
- Hartman Turnbow
- C.P. Ellis
- In the City
- Neighborhood Boy
- Ben Green
- Ken Jackson
- Bill Lesko
- Roger Tuttrup
- Bob Luce
- Ed Sadlowski
- Neighborhood Familiar
- Ray Kaepplinger
- Ruth Curry
- Charlie Dellakamp
- Claire Hellstern
- Alone
- George Malley
- Stirrings in the Neighborhood
- Mary Lou Wolff.
- Notes:
- Original ed.: New York : Pantheon Books, 1980.
- ISBN:
- 0345297369
- 9780345297365
- OCLC:
- 7956509
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