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Working : people talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do / Studs Terkel ; [with a new foreword by Adam Cohen].

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New Press, [2004?]Description: xlix, 589 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1565843428 (pbk.)
  • 1565849442 (pbk.)
  • 9781565843424 (pbk.)
  • 9781565849440 (pbk.)
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bk. 3. -- [pt. 1]. Cleaning up -- Nick Salerno, sanitation truck driver -- Roy Schmidt, garbage man -- Louis Hayward, washroom attendant -- Lincoln James, factory mechanic -- Maggie Holmes, domestic -- Eric Hoellen, janitor -- [pt. 2]. Watching -- Fritz Ritter, doorman -- Vincent Maher, policeman -- Renault Robinson, policeman -- Anthony Ruggiero, industrial investigator -- Jill Freedman, photographer -- Pauline Kael, film critic -- bk. 4. The demon lover -- [pt. 1]. The making -- Phil Stallings, spot-welder -- Jim Grayson, spot-welder -- Hobart Foote, utility man -- Ned Williams, stock chaser -- tom Brand, plant manager -- Wheeler Stanley, general foreman -- Gary Bryner, president, Lordstown Local, UAW -- [pt. 2]. The driving -- Booker Page, cabdriver -- Lucky Miller, cabdriver -- Will Robinson, bus driver -- Frank Decker, interstate trucker -- [pt. 3]. The parking -- Alfred Pommier, car hiker -- [pt. 4]. The selling -- Johnny Bosworth, car salesman -- bk. 5. -- [pt. 1]. Appearance -- Sam Mature, barber -- Edward and Hazel Zimmer, hair stylists -- Jean Stanley, cosmetics saleswoman -- Dr. Stephen Bartlett, dentist -- Doc Pritchard, hotel clerk -- Hots Michaels, bar pianist -- Teddy Grodowski, elevator starter -- Tim Devlin, janitor, ex-salesman -- [pt. 2]. Counting -- Nancy Rogers, bank teller -- Fred Roman, auditor -- [pt. 3]. Footwork -- Jack Spiegel, organizer -- Alice Washington, order filler, shoe factory -- John Fuller, mail carrier -- Conrad Swibel, gas meter reader -- Brett Hauser, supermarket box boy -- Babe Secoli, supermarket checker -- Thomas Rush, skycap -- Grace Clements, felter, luggage factory -- Delores Dante, waitress -- [pt. 4]. Just a housewife - Therese Carter -- Jesusita Novarro --
bk. 6. -- [pt. 1]. The quiet life -- Donna Murray, bookbinder -- Nino Guidici, pharmacist -- Eugene Russell, piano tuner -- [pt. 2]. Brokers -- Margaret Richards, realty broker -- James Carson, yacht broker -- David Reed Glover, stockbroker -- Ray Wax, stockbroker -- [pt. 3]. Bureaucracy -- Steve Carmichael, project coordinator -- Lilith Reynolds, government relations coordinator -- Diane Wilson, process clerk -- [pt. 4]. Organizer -- Bill Talcott -- bk. 7. -- [pt. 1]. The sporting life -- Eddie Arroyo, jockey -- Steve Hamilton, baseball player -- Blackie Mason, sports press agent -- Jeanne Douglas, tennis player -- Eric Nesterenko, hockey player -- George Allen, football coach -- [pt. 2]. In charge -- Ward Quaal, TV/radio executive -- Dave Bender, factory owner -- Ernest Bradshaw, audit department head, bank -- Peter Keeley, ex-boss -- Lois Keeley Novak, his daughter -- Larry Ross, ex-president of conglomerate; consultant -- [pt. 3]. Ma and Pa courage -- George and Irene Brewer -- [pt. 4]. Reflections on idleness and retirement -- Barbara Terwilliger, idleness -- Bill Norworth, retired railroad engineer -- Joe Zmuda, ex-shipping clerk --
bk. 8. -- [pt. 1]. The age of Charlie Blossom -- Charlie Blossom, copy boy -- Steven Simonyi-Gindele, publisher -- Tom McCoy, proofreader -- Ralph Werner, department store salesman -- Bud Freeman, jazz musician -- Ken Brown, executive -- Kay Stepkin, director of bakery cooperative -- Cathleen Moran, hospital aide -- [pt. 2]. Cradle to grave -- Ruth Lindstrom, baby nurse -- Rose Hoffman, public school teacher -- Pat Zimmerman, alternative school teacher -- Kitty Scanlan, occupational therapist -- Betsy DeLacy, patients' representative -- Carmelita Lester, practical nurse, old people's home -- Herbert Bach, memorial counselor -- Elmer Ruiz, gravedigger -- bk. 9. -- [pt. 1]. The quiz kid and the carpenter -- Bruce Fletcher, tree nursery attendant -- Nick Lindsay, carpenter/poet -- [pt. 2]. In search of a calling -- Nora Watson, editor -- Walter Lundquist, industrial designer -- Rebecca Sweeney, nun to naprapath -- [pt. 3]. Second chance -- Fred Ringley, ex-salesman; farmer -- Philip da Vinci, lawyer -- Sarah Houghton, librarian -- Mario Anichini, stone cutter -- [pt. 4]. Fathers and sons -- Glen Stribling, service station owner -- Dave Stribling, his son and partner -- Steve Dubi, steelworker -- Father Leonard Dubi, his son, a priest -- Jack Currier, teacher, adult education -- Harold Patrick, freight elevator operator -- Bob Patrick, policeman -- Tom Patrick, fireman.
Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Preface 1. Who built the pyramids? -- Mike LeFevre [Steelworker] -- Preface 2. Who spreads the news? -- Billy Carpenter [Newsboy] -- Cliff Pickens [Newsboy] -- Terry Pickens [Newsboy] -- Preface 3. The mason -- Carl Murray Bates [Stonemason] -- bk. 1. -- Working the land -- Pierce Walker, farmer -- Roberto Acuna, farm worker -- Aunt Katherine Haynes, farm woman -- Joe and Susie Haynes, deep miner and his wife -- Rob Sanders, strip miner -- Hub Dillard, heavy equipment operator -- bk. 2. -- [pt. 1]. Communication -- Sharon Atkins, receptionist -- Frances Swenson, hotel switchboard operator -- Heather Lamb, telephone operator -- Jack Hunter, professor of communications -- [pt. 2]. A pecking order -- Terry Mason, airline stewardess -- Beryl Simpson, airline reservationist -- Jill Torrance, model -- Anne Bogan, executive secretary -- Roberta Victor, hook -- [pt. 3]. Did you ever hear the one about the farmer's daughter? -- Barbara Herrick, writer/producer -- [pt. 4]. The commercial -- John Fortune, copy chief -- Arny Freeman, actor -- Rip Torn, actor -- Eddie Jaffe, press agent -- Richard Mann, installment dealer -- Enid du Bois, telephone solicitor --
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 305.562 T318 Available staining on bottom edge of pages near back of book 12/15/23 33111006507574
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Studs Terkel's classic oral history of Americans' working lives--and the inspiration for Barack Obama's new Netflix series about work in the twenty-first century

"Reading these stories, I started to consider my own place in the world, and understand how connected we are to one another. [Working] helped inform the choices I made in my own work." --President Barack Obama

Perhaps Studs Terkel's best-known book, Working is a compelling, fascinating look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews conducted with everyone from gravediggers to studio heads, this book provides a moving snapshot of people's feelings about their working lives, as well as a timeless look at how work fits into American life.

Working received rave reviews upon its initial publication, including from the New York Times Book Review, which praised its "incredible abundance of marvelous beings" and "very special electricity and emotional power," and the Boston Globe, which called it a "magnificent book . . . a work of art," adding, "To read it is to hear America talking."

Nearly fifty years after its initial publication, Working remains a deeply relevant American classic, one of the most important works of oral history ever published.

bk. 3. -- [pt. 1]. Cleaning up -- Nick Salerno, sanitation truck driver -- Roy Schmidt, garbage man -- Louis Hayward, washroom attendant -- Lincoln James, factory mechanic -- Maggie Holmes, domestic -- Eric Hoellen, janitor -- [pt. 2]. Watching -- Fritz Ritter, doorman -- Vincent Maher, policeman -- Renault Robinson, policeman -- Anthony Ruggiero, industrial investigator -- Jill Freedman, photographer -- Pauline Kael, film critic -- bk. 4. The demon lover -- [pt. 1]. The making -- Phil Stallings, spot-welder -- Jim Grayson, spot-welder -- Hobart Foote, utility man -- Ned Williams, stock chaser -- tom Brand, plant manager -- Wheeler Stanley, general foreman -- Gary Bryner, president, Lordstown Local, UAW -- [pt. 2]. The driving -- Booker Page, cabdriver -- Lucky Miller, cabdriver -- Will Robinson, bus driver -- Frank Decker, interstate trucker -- [pt. 3]. The parking -- Alfred Pommier, car hiker -- [pt. 4]. The selling -- Johnny Bosworth, car salesman -- bk. 5. -- [pt. 1]. Appearance -- Sam Mature, barber -- Edward and Hazel Zimmer, hair stylists -- Jean Stanley, cosmetics saleswoman -- Dr. Stephen Bartlett, dentist -- Doc Pritchard, hotel clerk -- Hots Michaels, bar pianist -- Teddy Grodowski, elevator starter -- Tim Devlin, janitor, ex-salesman -- [pt. 2]. Counting -- Nancy Rogers, bank teller -- Fred Roman, auditor -- [pt. 3]. Footwork -- Jack Spiegel, organizer -- Alice Washington, order filler, shoe factory -- John Fuller, mail carrier -- Conrad Swibel, gas meter reader -- Brett Hauser, supermarket box boy -- Babe Secoli, supermarket checker -- Thomas Rush, skycap -- Grace Clements, felter, luggage factory -- Delores Dante, waitress -- [pt. 4]. Just a housewife - Therese Carter -- Jesusita Novarro --

bk. 6. -- [pt. 1]. The quiet life -- Donna Murray, bookbinder -- Nino Guidici, pharmacist -- Eugene Russell, piano tuner -- [pt. 2]. Brokers -- Margaret Richards, realty broker -- James Carson, yacht broker -- David Reed Glover, stockbroker -- Ray Wax, stockbroker -- [pt. 3]. Bureaucracy -- Steve Carmichael, project coordinator -- Lilith Reynolds, government relations coordinator -- Diane Wilson, process clerk -- [pt. 4]. Organizer -- Bill Talcott -- bk. 7. -- [pt. 1]. The sporting life -- Eddie Arroyo, jockey -- Steve Hamilton, baseball player -- Blackie Mason, sports press agent -- Jeanne Douglas, tennis player -- Eric Nesterenko, hockey player -- George Allen, football coach -- [pt. 2]. In charge -- Ward Quaal, TV/radio executive -- Dave Bender, factory owner -- Ernest Bradshaw, audit department head, bank -- Peter Keeley, ex-boss -- Lois Keeley Novak, his daughter -- Larry Ross, ex-president of conglomerate; consultant -- [pt. 3]. Ma and Pa courage -- George and Irene Brewer -- [pt. 4]. Reflections on idleness and retirement -- Barbara Terwilliger, idleness -- Bill Norworth, retired railroad engineer -- Joe Zmuda, ex-shipping clerk --

bk. 8. -- [pt. 1]. The age of Charlie Blossom -- Charlie Blossom, copy boy -- Steven Simonyi-Gindele, publisher -- Tom McCoy, proofreader -- Ralph Werner, department store salesman -- Bud Freeman, jazz musician -- Ken Brown, executive -- Kay Stepkin, director of bakery cooperative -- Cathleen Moran, hospital aide -- [pt. 2]. Cradle to grave -- Ruth Lindstrom, baby nurse -- Rose Hoffman, public school teacher -- Pat Zimmerman, alternative school teacher -- Kitty Scanlan, occupational therapist -- Betsy DeLacy, patients' representative -- Carmelita Lester, practical nurse, old people's home -- Herbert Bach, memorial counselor -- Elmer Ruiz, gravedigger -- bk. 9. -- [pt. 1]. The quiz kid and the carpenter -- Bruce Fletcher, tree nursery attendant -- Nick Lindsay, carpenter/poet -- [pt. 2]. In search of a calling -- Nora Watson, editor -- Walter Lundquist, industrial designer -- Rebecca Sweeney, nun to naprapath -- [pt. 3]. Second chance -- Fred Ringley, ex-salesman; farmer -- Philip da Vinci, lawyer -- Sarah Houghton, librarian -- Mario Anichini, stone cutter -- [pt. 4]. Fathers and sons -- Glen Stribling, service station owner -- Dave Stribling, his son and partner -- Steve Dubi, steelworker -- Father Leonard Dubi, his son, a priest -- Jack Currier, teacher, adult education -- Harold Patrick, freight elevator operator -- Bob Patrick, policeman -- Tom Patrick, fireman.

Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Preface 1. Who built the pyramids? -- Mike LeFevre [Steelworker] -- Preface 2. Who spreads the news? -- Billy Carpenter [Newsboy] -- Cliff Pickens [Newsboy] -- Terry Pickens [Newsboy] -- Preface 3. The mason -- Carl Murray Bates [Stonemason] -- bk. 1. -- Working the land -- Pierce Walker, farmer -- Roberto Acuna, farm worker -- Aunt Katherine Haynes, farm woman -- Joe and Susie Haynes, deep miner and his wife -- Rob Sanders, strip miner -- Hub Dillard, heavy equipment operator -- bk. 2. -- [pt. 1]. Communication -- Sharon Atkins, receptionist -- Frances Swenson, hotel switchboard operator -- Heather Lamb, telephone operator -- Jack Hunter, professor of communications -- [pt. 2]. A pecking order -- Terry Mason, airline stewardess -- Beryl Simpson, airline reservationist -- Jill Torrance, model -- Anne Bogan, executive secretary -- Roberta Victor, hook -- [pt. 3]. Did you ever hear the one about the farmer's daughter? -- Barbara Herrick, writer/producer -- [pt. 4]. The commercial -- John Fortune, copy chief -- Arny Freeman, actor -- Rip Torn, actor -- Eddie Jaffe, press agent -- Richard Mann, installment dealer -- Enid du Bois, telephone solicitor --

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