Studs Terkel: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Louis Terkel
Born May 16, 1912 • New York City • New York
Died October 31, 2008 (aged 96) • Chicago • Illinois
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works ā€œAmerican Dreams, Lost and Foundā€ • ā€œDivision Street: Americaā€ • ā€œGood War, Theā€ • ā€œHard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depressionā€ • ā€œRace: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsessionā€ • ā€œStuds’s Placeā€ • ā€œThe Wax Museumā€ • ā€œWorking: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Doā€

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