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Studs Terkel has turned to the ultimate human experience, that of death and the possibility of life afterward. Death is the one experience we all share but cannot know. In Studs Terkel's powerful new book, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? a wide range of people address that final experience and its impa... More

With a foreword by Robert Coles and a preface by Calvin Trillin.The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his wonderful original introductions to each book. Featuring selections from American Dreams, Coming o... More

Millions of Studs Terkel fans have come to know the prizewinning oral historian through his landmark books--"The Good War", Hard Times, Working, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, and many others. Few people realize, however, that much of Studs's best work was not collected into these thematic volumes an... More

Hope Dies Last is Studs Terkel's inspiring new oral history of social action in America. An alternative, more personal history of the "American century," Hope Dies Last forms a legacy of the indefatigable spirit that Studs has always embodied, and an inheritance for those who, by taking a stand, are... More

Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted a legendary daily radio show in Chicago, presenting listeners with his inimitable take on an eclectic range of music, from classical, opera, and jazz to gospel, blues, folk, and rock. And They All Sang is nothing less than "a t... More

The Good War for which Terkel won the Pulitzer Prize, is a testament not only to the experience of war but to the extraordinary skill of Terkel as interviewer. As always, Terkel's subjects are open and unrelenting in their analyses of themselves and their experiences, producing what People magazine ... More

In this unique recreation of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. featuring a mosaic of memories from politicians, businessmen, artists, and writers, from those who were just kids to those who re... More

In the tradition of E. B. White's bestselling Here Is New York, Chicago a tribute to the "Second City"-part history, part memoir, and 100% Studs Terkel-infused with anecdotes, memories, and reflections that celebrate the great city.Chicago was home to the country's first skyscraper (a ten-story buil... More

Here is the America of the 1980s: the yuppies, right-wing fundamentalists, along with the sixties activists, and real estate speculators. How has America changed since then?... More

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY ADAM COHEN OF THE NEW YORK TIMES<P><P> Perhaps Studs Terkel's best-known book, Working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, from a policeman to a piano tuner, th... More

One of Studs Terkel’s most important oral histories, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? turns to the ultimate human experience—that of death. Called "extraordinary…a work of insight, wisdom, and freshness" by the Seattle Times when it was first published fifteen years ago, the book explores—with unrivaled... More

At the age of 94, Studs Terkel looks back over a long and colorful life. He recalls his early years in Brooklyn; his family's move to Chicago, where his mother ran a hotel; and his years as an actor in radio soap operas. He describes his involvement in Progressive politics, his evolution as an oral ... More

The groundbreaking biography, available for the centennial of Woody Guthrie's birth in July 2012. A patriot and a political radical, Woody Guthrie captured the spirit of his times in his enduring songs. Ed Cray, the first biographer to be granted access to the Woody Guthrie Archive, has created a ha... More

Reissued with the original illustrations and discography, Giants of Jazz offers a unique glimpse into the lives of America's jazz greats. Told with masterful detail, the selected portraits weave together the stories of the individual jazz musicians' lives with the history of the jazz era, and jazz m... More