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The very best interviews of the Pulitzer Prize winner's career
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It is 30 years ago that Terkel, then known as a radio interviewer, was persuaded by Andre Schiffrin of Pantheon to commit his remarkably plainspoken and telling interviews to print and weave them around a theme. The first theme was the life of ordinary people in Chicago, and the book, which won Terkel a Pulitzer Prize and lasting bestsellerdom, was Division Street: America. Since he recently celebrated his 85th birthday, it's possible there won't be another such book, so this one, a kind of anthology of the best moments from all his previous works, is good to have. It carries an eloquent introduction by Robert Coles that places Terkel in the company of notable forebears such as James Agee, social commentators whose work helped change the world. It also has a new introduction by the author, who stresses, with his customary pithy vigor, the importance of people being able to change and to go on contributing to life, not despite, but because of, increasing age. As in his last book, The Coming of Age, it is the lack of a sense of history, of a sense of the immemorial resilience (and frequent contrariness) of the human spirit, that most troubles Terkel about our current times; and as always his work, while utterly realistic, is an antidote to despair. This collection, arranged chronologically by the periods the books covered, not by the dates of their original publication, is the best possible introduction to his splendid body of work. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《书目》(Booklist)书评
The year 1912 produced two unusually skilled, dedicated listeners. Both had theatrical aspirations: Terkel was a moderately successful actor; Toland, a failed playwright. Neither was trained as a historian, but both have won dozens of awards, including the nonfiction Pulitzer Prize, for works based on listening sensitively and responsively to their fellow citizens--their fellow human beings. My American Century is, in a sense, a "greatest hits" collection, gathering the introductions Terkel wrote for his eight oral-history books (and the fiftieth anniversary edition of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath) with 40-odd interviews: Terkel's conversations with gangsters and grandmothers, authors and executives, photographers and farmers, cabbies and crusaders. In his introduction, Harvard psychiatrist Robert Coles suggests Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Henry Mayhew, James Agee, and Oscar Lewis as precursors of the inimitable Terkel, "our foremost documentarian." A superb introduction to Terkel's work (or to oral history) and a trip down memory lane for his fans. Captured by History is a memoir, gracefully written and remarkably inclusive, of another young man's unexpected contribution to the history of this century. For almost half of his 85-year lifetime, Toland sought theatrical success; he stumbled into the kind of research and writing that won him acclaim and awards as a way to support his family. Although academics and politicians challenged some of Toland's conclusions--particularly in his study of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Infamy (1982)--Toland has produced a shelf of classic studies of war and peace in the twentieth century, and this fascinating memoir will rest very comfortably on that shelf. --Mary Carroll
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
This book is a collection of Terkel's encounters over his long career as the nation's premier oral historian. Described by Terkel as a "jazz work," it is made up of material taken from the author's major books: Hard Times (LJ 4/15/70), Working (LJ 3/1/74), The Good War (LJ 9/1/84), Chicago (LJ 1/87), and The Great Divide (LJ 1/88). Turkel's greatest accomplishment in all his books is his ability to concentrate on the individuals telling their story, a technique that leads to a deeper understanding of history as seen through the eyes of ordinary people. The packaging of Terkel's work in one volume makes for a convenient and accessible title that recognizes the human side of history. Recommended for all libraries.Robert J. Favini, Bentley Coll. Lib., Waltham, Mass. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.