Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times - Hardcover

Terkel, Studs

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394411021 ISBN 13: 9780394411026

Publisher: Pantheon Books, 1977

Synopsis

Terkel, Studs, Talking To Myself: A Memoir Of My Times

About this title

About the Author:

Studs Terkel (1912–2008) was an award-winning author and radio broadcaster. He is the author of Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession; Division Street: America, Coming of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century; Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times; “The Good War”: An Oral History of World War II; Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do; The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century; American Dreams: Lost and Found; The Studs Terkel Interviews: Film and Theater; Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression; Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith; Giants of Jazz; Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times; And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey; Touch and Go: A Memoir; P.S.: Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening; and Studs Terkel’s Chicago, all published by The New Press. He was 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 2003 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.

Review:

A magnificent book. . . It's a privilege to share Studs Terkel's experiences. . . Few autobiographies have been as equally moving and funny as this one. -- Nora Sayre

A roller coaster of a book, with glorious company for the ride. -- Cosmopolitan

Marvelous. -- John Leonard

Simply grand company. -- Boston Globe

What a delight to bone up on recent history, as seen through the eyes of this witty and perceptive participant. -- Jessica Mitford

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0394411021
• ISBN 13: 9780394411026
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 316