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Hard times : an oral history of the great depression / Studs Terkel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Depressions--1929--United States--Personal narratives.
- Depressions.
- United States--History--1933-1945--Sources.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 462 pages)
- Other Title:
- Hard times
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Pantheon Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- A re-creation of the America of the thirties, based on the reminiscences of a cross-section of people representing all walks of life, including several notable personalities.
- Contents:
- Book 1: The march ; The song ; Sgt. Pepperʼs Lonely Hearts Club Band ; Hard Travelinʼ ; The big money ; Man and boy ; God blessʼ the child ; Bonnie laboring boy ; Three strikes
- Book 2: Old families ; Member of the chorus ; High life ; At the clinic ; Sixteen ton ; The farmer is the man ; Editor and publisher
- Book 3: Concerning the New Deal ; An unreconstructed populist ; Peroration ; Scarlet banners and novenas ; The doctor, Huey and Mr. Smith ; The circuit rider ; The gentleman from Kansas ; A view of the woods ; Campus life
- Book 4: Merely passing through ; Three oʼclock in the morning ; A cable
- Book 5: The fine and lively arts ; Public servant
- the city ; Evictions, arrests and other running sores ; Honor and humiliation ; Strive and succeed
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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