The distinguished author of Working explores the theme of hope in the midst of challenging times in a collection of oral histories that links hope with a spirit of activism, commitment, and the determination to resist during such periods as the Great Depression, the Civil Rights movement of the 1960
Author Biography
Studs Terkel is the author of eleven books of oral history. He is 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.
