A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano
tuners: "Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking."
--The Boston Globe
A National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller
Studs Terkel's classic oral history 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, this book
provides a "brilliant" and enduring portrait of people's feelings about
their working lives. This edition includes a new foreword by New York
Times journalist Adam Cohen (Forbes).
"Splendid . . . Important . . . Rich and fascinating . . . The people we
meet are not digits in a poll but real people with real names who share
their anecdotes, adventures, and aspirations with us." --Business Week
"The talk in Working is good talk--earthy, passionate, honest,
sometimes tender, sometimes crisp, juicy as reality, seasoned with
experience." --The Washington Post