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Studs Terkel: 1912-2008
The Chicago fixture used his knack for conversation to capture oral histories on World War II, the Great Depression and more. Studs Terkel, who made his name listening to ordinary folks talk about their ordinary lives -- and who turned that knack for conversation into a much-honored literary career -- died Friday. He was 96. Terkel ...
Studs Terkel, Giant
There is little or no mention of it in his obituaries, but Studs Terkel's first book was about jazz. The oral historian, broadcaster and master interviewer died yesterday in Chicago at ninety-six. Terkel won the Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling 1985 book The Good War: An Oral History Of World War II. Many of his other ...
Studs Terkel's Giants of Jazz
Studs Terkel's first book, Giants of Jazz, is a beautifully illustrated collection of portraits of America's jazz legends. Inspired by a childhood fascination with jazz, Terkel uses firsthand interviews with artists such as Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker to tell the human stories behind the heroes that shaped this uniquely ...
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