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Studs Terkel,
1912 - 2008
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Studs Terkel (May
16, 1912 - October 31, 2008), author,
radio host, and oral historian, died at the age of 96 in his home
in Chicago. His work was honored with a Peabody Award for
excellence in journalism in 1980, a Pulitzer Prize in 1985, and
the National Book Foundation Medal in 1997. In addition to
his own radio show in Chicago, he made several guest appearances
on A Prairie Home Companion.
His latest book, P.S.
Further Thoughts From a Lifetime of Listening, was released November
3, 2008.
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Wesbites of Interest
Studs Terkel, from the Chicago Historical Society
includes audio files of his oral history interviews
Studs
Terkel obituary from the Chicago Tribune
Also see their video tribute
Happy Birthday, Studs
Celebrated on A Prairie Home Companion, May 16, 1998
Also listen to So
Long Studs, musical tribute from November 1, 2008
Studs Terkel on NPR
Studs Terkel obituary from the New York Times
Studs Terkel on YouTube
Books Available at St. Kate's Libraries
My American Century (1997)
CT
220 .T43 1997
excerpts from his earlier books
Race: how blacks and whites think and feel about
the American obsession (1992)
E 184 .A1 T46 1992
"The Good War": an oral history of World War II (1984)
D
811 .A2 T45 1984
Pulitzer Prize winner in 1985
Working:
people talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do
(1974)
HD
8072 T4W
adapted into a Tony-nominated musical
Hard Times: an oral history of the Great Depression (1970)
E 806 .T45 1970
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Reference Books: Print sources listed are
located in the Reference Section of the St. Paul campus library.
- Britannica Online (login required)
- Class in America
HN 90 .S6 C564 2007
see "Terkel, Studs"
- Contemporary Authors (login required)
- Contemporary Literary Criticism
PN 771 .C59 v. 38
see "Terkel, Studs" for criticism of his works
- Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature (login
required)
- Current Biography 1974
CT 100 .C8 1974
see "Terkel, Studs"
- Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice
HM 671 .E53 2007
see "Terkel, Studs"
- Magill's Literary Annual: Books of 2007
PN 44 .M37 2008
A summary of Terkel's memoir, Touch and Go, begins on page 759
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