The Good War by Studs Terkel

The Good War by Studs Terkel

This work documents the American experience of World War II. It offers an insight into what people were feeling at the time, including an account by Hawaiian, John Garcia, of the attack on Pearl Harbour when he was 16. The book ends with Chicago street kids talking about their uncertain future.

Praise for "The Good War":

“Tremendously compelling, somehow dramatic and intimate at the same time, as if one has stumbled on private accounts in letters locked in attic trunks. . In terms of plain human interest, Mr. Terkel may well have put together the most vivid collection of World War II sketches ever gathered between covers.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“The richest and most powerful single document of the American experience in World War II.” 
—The Boston Globe
 
“I promise you will remember your war years, if you were alive then, with extraordinary vividness as you go through Studs Terkel’s book. Or, if you are too young to remember, this is the best place to get a sense of what people were feeling.”
—Chicago Tribune
 
“A powerful book, repeatedly moving and profoundly disturbing.”
—People

Studs Terkel (1912–2008) was an award-winning author and radio broadcaster. He is the author of Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession; Division Street: America, Coming of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century; Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times; "The Good War": An Oral History of World War II; Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do; The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century; American Dreams: Lost and Found; The Studs Terkel Interviews: Film and Theater; Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression; Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith; Giants of Jazz; Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times; And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey; Touch and Go: A Memoir; P.S.: Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening; and Studs Terkel's Chicago, all published by The New Press. He was 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.

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ISBN 13	9781565843431
ISBN 10	1565843436
Title	The Good War
Author	Studs Terkel
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The New Press
Year published	2004-12-16
Number of pages	608
Prizes	Winner of Pulitzer Prize General Non-Fiction Category 1985
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.