Working

by Terkel, Studs

• ISBN13: 9781565843424
• ISBN10: 1565843428
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781595587664
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-28
• Publisher: New Pr
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Summary

Studs Terkel records the voices of America. Men and women from every walk of life talk to him, telling him of their likes and dislikes, fears, problems, and happinesses on the job. Once again, Terkel has created a rich and unique document that is as simple as conversation, but as subtle and heartfelt as the meaning of our lives.... In the first trade paperback edition of his national bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel presents "the real American experience" (Chicago Daily News)--"a magnificent book . . .. A work of art. To read it is to hear America talking." (Boston Globe).

Author Biography

Studs Terkel is the author of eleven books of oral history, including Hope Dies Last and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Good War" (both available from The New Press). He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of a Presidential National Humanities Medal, the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a George Polk Career Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Preface I
Who Built the Pyramids?
Mike LeFevre	xxxi
Preface II
Who Spread the News?
Billy Carpenter	xxxix
Cliff Pickens	xl
Terry Pickens	xl
Preface III
The Mason
Carl Murray Bates	xlv
Book One Working the Land
farmer	3	(4)
Pierce Walker
farm worker	7	(7)
Roberto Acuna
farm woman	14	(5)
Aunt Katherine Haynes
deep miner and his wife	16
Joe
strip miner	19	(3)
Bob Sanders
heavy equipment operator	22	(7)
Hub Dillard
Book Two Communications
receptionist	29	(3)
Sharon Atkins
hotel switchboard operator	32	(4)
Frances Swenson
telephone operator	36	(3)
Heather Lamb
professor of communications	39	(2)
Jack Hunter
A Pecking Order
airline stewardess	41	(8)
Terry Mason
airline reservationist	49	(1)
Beryl Simpson
model	50	(5)
Jill Torrance
executive secretary	55	(2)
Anne Bogan
hooker	57	(9)
Roberta Victor
Did You Ever Hear the One About the Farmer's Daughter?
writer/producer	66	(7)
Barbara Herrick
The Commercial
copy chief	73	(5)
John Fortune
actor	78	(4)
Arny Freeman
actor	82	(3)
Rip Torn
press agent	85	(3)
Eddie Jaffe
installment dealer	88	(6)
Richard Mann
telephone solicitor	94	(7)
Enid du Bois
Book Three Cleaning Up
sanitation truck driver	101	(2)
Nick Salerno
garbage man	103	(3)
Roy Schmidt
washroom attendant	106	(4)
Louis Hayward
factory mechanic	110	(2)
Lincoln James
domestic	112	(6)
Maggie Holmes
janitor	118	(8)
Eric Hoellen
Watching
doorman	126	(3)
Fritz Ritter
policeman	129	(8)
Vincent Maher
policeman	137	(6)
Renault Robinson
industrial investigator	143	(10)
Anthony Ruggiero
photographer	153	(2)
Jill Freedman
film critic	155	(4)
Pauline Kael
Book Four The Demon Lover The Making
spot-welder	159	(5)
Phil Stallings
spot-welder	164	(4)
Jim Grayson
utility man	168	(6)
Hobart Foote
stock chaser	174	(3)
Ned Williams
plant manager	177	(4)
Tom Brand
general foreman	181	(6)
Wheeler Stanley
president, Lordstown Local, UAW	187	(8)
Gary Bryner
The Driving
cabdriver	195	(3)
Booker Page
cabdriver	198	(3)
Lucky Miller
bus driver	201	(5)
Will Robinson
interstate truckdriver	206	(13)
Frank Decker
The Parking
car hiker	219	(5)
Alfred Pommier
The Selling
car salesman	224	(9)
Johnny Bosworth
Book Five Appearance
barber	233	(8)
Sam Mature
hair stylists	236	(5)
Edward
Hazel Zimmer
cosmetics saleswoman	241	(3)
Jean Stanley
dentist	244	(3)
Dr. Stephen Bartlett
hotel clerk	247	(3)
Doc Pritchard
bar pianist	250	(3)
Hots Michaels
elevator starter	253	(1)
Teddy Grodowski
janitor; ex-salesman	254	(3)
Tim Devlin
Counting
bank teller	257	(6)
Nancy Rogers
auditor	263	(4)
Fred Roman
Footwork
organizer	267	(1)
Jack Spiegel
order filler, shoe factory	268	(3)
Alice Washington
mail carrier	271	(3)
John Fuller
gas meter reader	274	(5)
Conrad Swibel
supermarket box boy	279	(3)
Brett Hauser
supermarket checker	282	(4)
Babe Secoli
skycap	286	(3)
Thomas Rush
felter, luggage factory	289	(4)
Grace Clements
waitress	293
Dolores Dante
Just a Housewife	303	(352)
Therese Carter
Jesusita Novarro
Book Six The Quiet Life
bookbinder	309	(3)
Donna Murray
pharmacist	312	(5)
nino Guidici
piano tuner	317	(7)
Eugene Russell
Brokers
realty broker	324	(3)
Margaret Richards
yacht broker	327	(4)
James Carson
stockbroker	331	(2)
David Reed Glover
stockbroker	333	(8)
Ray Wax
Bureaucracy
project coordinator	341	(3)
Steve Carmichael
government relations coordinator	344	(4)
Lilith Reynolds
process clerk	348	(4)
Diane Wilson
Organizer	352	(62)
Bill Talcott
Book Seven The Sporting Life
jockey	359	(7)
Eddie Arroyo
baseball player	366	(7)
Steve Hamilton
sports press agent	373	(3)
Blackie Mason
tennis player	376	(5)
Jeanne Douglas
hockey player	381	(5)
Eric Nesterenko
football coach	386	(4)
George Allen
In Charge
TV/radio executive	390	(3)
Ward Quall
factory owner	393	(5)
Dave Bender
audit department head, bank	398	(3)
Ernest Bradshaw
ex-boss	401	(3)
Peter Keeley
his daughter	404	(1)
Lois Keeley Novak
ex-president of conglomerate; consultant	405	(9)
Larry Ross
Ma and Pa Courage	414	(637)
George
Irene Brewer
Reflections on Idleness and Retirement
idleness	422	(2)
Barbara Terwilliger
retired railroad engineer	424	(6)
Bill Norworth
ex-shipping clerk	430	(7)
Joe Zmuda
Book Eight The Age of Charlie Blossom
copy boy	437	(9)
Charlie Blossom
publisher	446	(5)
Steven Simonyi-Gindele
proofreader	451	(1)
Tom McCoy
department store salesman	452	(5)
Ralph Werner
jazz musician	457	(4)
Bud Freeman
executive	461	(5)
Ken Brown
director of bakery cooperative	466	(5)
Kay Stepkin
hospital aide	471	(10)
Cathleen Moran
Cradle to the Grave
baby nurse	481	(2)
Ruth Lindstrom
public school teacher	483	(6)
Rose Hoffman
alternative school teacher	489	(5)
Pat Zimmerman
occupational therapist	494	(3)
Kitty Scanlan
patients' representative	497	(4)
Betsy DeLacy
practical nurse, old people's home	501	(4)
Carmelita Lester
memorial counselor	505	(2)
Herbert Bach
gravedigger	507	(6)
Elmer Ruiz
Book Nine The Quiz Kid and the Carpenter
tree nursery attendant	513	(3)
Bruce Fletcher
carpenter/poet	516	(5)
Nick Lindsay
In Search of a Calling
editor	521	(4)
Nora Watson
industrial designer	525	(2)
Walter Lundquist
nun to naprapath	527	(5)
Rebecca Sweeney
Second Chance
ex-salesman; farmer	532	(5)
Fred Ringley
lawyer	537	(3)
Philip da Vinci
librarian	540	(3)
Sarah Houghton
stone cutter	543	(2)
Mario Anichini
Fathers and Sons
service station owner	545	(3)
Glenn Stribling
his son and partner	548	(4)
Dave Stribling
steelworker	552	(6)
Steve Dubi
his son, a priest	558	(6)
Father Leonard Dubi
teacher, adult education	564	(4)
Jack Currier
freight elevator operator	568	(4)
Harold Patrick
policeman	572	(6)
Bob Patrick
fireman	578
Tom Patrick