Coming of age : the story of our century by those who've lived it / Studs Terkel.

By: Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 [author]
Language: English Publisher: New York : New Press : Distributed by Norton, c1995Description: xxvi, 468 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1565842847Subject(s): Older people -- United States -- Interviews | Older people -- United States -- Attitudes | Social participation -- United States -- Case studies | Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age -- United States -- Case studiesDDC classification: 305.260973 LOC classification: HQ1064.U5 | T44 1995
Contents:
Prologue: Whose Garden Was This? / David Brower -- 1. The Big Boys. Jack Culberg. Wallace Rasmussen. Paul Miller -- 2. The Money Tree. Estelle Strongin. Katherine "Kit" Tremaine. W.H. "Ping" Ferry -- 3. The Learning Tree. Rochelle Lee. Timuel Black. Aki Kurose. Gertie Fox -- 4. The Firm. Charles A. Bane. Judith Vladeck. Ernest Goodman -- 5. Hold the Fort. Victor Reuther. Genora Johnson Dollinger. Charles Hayes. Marvin Miller -- 6. Working the Land. Jessie de la Cruz. Merle Hansen -- 7. Songs My Mother Taught Me. Russell Knapp. Hazel Wolf -- 8. The Muse. Jacob Lawrence. Katherine Kuh. Katherine Dunham. Uta Hagen. Milt Hinton -- 9. On the Air. Norman Corwin. Robert St. John. Charlie Andrews -- 10. The Pitch. Charles A. Kasher. Danny Newman -- 11. God. Rev. William Augustus Johnson. Betty McCollister. Richard McSorley, S.J. Virginia Bowers -- 12. Community. Joe Begley. Wallace and Juanita Nelson. Raymond Koch. Bresci Thompson. Guadalupe Reyes -- 13. Health. Quentin Young, M.D.
Summary: Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It is a collective portrait of our times, woven from the voices of seventy very different people, the youngest of whom is seventy and the oldest ninety-nine. Together they give us an extraordinary panorama of American life and work throughout this century and underscore the ways in which the times have changed.
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Prologue: Whose Garden Was This? / David Brower --
1. The Big Boys. Jack Culberg. Wallace Rasmussen. Paul Miller --
2. The Money Tree. Estelle Strongin. Katherine "Kit" Tremaine. W.H. "Ping" Ferry --
3. The Learning Tree. Rochelle Lee. Timuel Black. Aki Kurose. Gertie Fox --
4. The Firm. Charles A. Bane. Judith Vladeck. Ernest Goodman --
5. Hold the Fort. Victor Reuther. Genora Johnson Dollinger. Charles Hayes. Marvin Miller --
6. Working the Land. Jessie de la Cruz. Merle Hansen --
7. Songs My Mother Taught Me. Russell Knapp. Hazel Wolf --
8. The Muse. Jacob Lawrence. Katherine Kuh. Katherine Dunham. Uta Hagen. Milt Hinton --
9. On the Air. Norman Corwin. Robert St. John. Charlie Andrews --
10. The Pitch. Charles A. Kasher. Danny Newman --
11. God. Rev. William Augustus Johnson. Betty McCollister. Richard McSorley, S.J. Virginia Bowers --
12. Community. Joe Begley. Wallace and Juanita Nelson. Raymond Koch. Bresci Thompson. Guadalupe Reyes --
13. Health. Quentin Young, M.D.

Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It is a collective portrait of our times, woven from the voices of seventy very different people, the youngest of whom is seventy and the oldest ninety-nine. Together they give us an extraordinary panorama of American life and work throughout this century and underscore the ways in which the times have changed.

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