TY  - BOOK
AB  - At nearly 95, Studs Terkel has written about everyone's life, it seems, but his own. Here he offers a memoir which--embodying the spirit of the man himself--is youthful and vivacious. Terkel begins by taking us back to his childhood, describing the hectic life of a family trying to earn a living in Chicago. He then goes on to his experiences--as a poll watcher charged with stealing votes for the Democratic machine, as a young theatergoer, and eventually as an actor himself in both radio and on the stage--giving us a portrait of the Chicago of the 1920s and 1930s. He tells of his beginnings as a disc jockey after World War II and as an interviewer and oral historian--a craft he would come to perfect. Finally, he discusses his involvement with progressive politics, leading to his travails during the McCarthy period when he was blacklisted.--From publisher description.
AU  - Terkel, Studs,
CN  - PN1990.72.T4
CN  - PN1990.72.T4
CY  - New York :
DA  - 2007.
ID  - 320006
KW  - Broadcasters
KW  - Authors, American
LK  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007018673.html
N2  - At nearly 95, Studs Terkel has written about everyone's life, it seems, but his own. Here he offers a memoir which--embodying the spirit of the man himself--is youthful and vivacious. Terkel begins by taking us back to his childhood, describing the hectic life of a family trying to earn a living in Chicago. He then goes on to his experiences--as a poll watcher charged with stealing votes for the Democratic machine, as a young theatergoer, and eventually as an actor himself in both radio and on the stage--giving us a portrait of the Chicago of the 1920s and 1930s. He tells of his beginnings as a disc jockey after World War II and as an interviewer and oral historian--a craft he would come to perfect. Finally, he discusses his involvement with progressive politics, leading to his travails during the McCarthy period when he was blacklisted.--From publisher description.
PB  - New Press :
PB  - Distributed by W.W. Norton,
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2007.
SN  - 9781595580436
SN  - 1595580433
T1  - Touch and go :a memoir /
TI  - Touch and go :a memoir /
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007018673.html
ER  -