Bibliograph

Hard times, an oral history of the great depression, Studs Terkel

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Hard times, an oral history of the great depression, Studs Terkel

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hard times

Oclc number

68733

Responsibility statement

Studs Terkel

Sub title

an oral history of the great depression

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

Table Of 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

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