Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

<b>A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: “Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking.” —<i>The Boston Globe</i></b><br />  <br /><i>A National Book Award Finalist and </i>New York Times<i> bestseller</i><br />  <br /> Studs Terkel’s classic oral history <i>Working</i> is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, this book provides a “brilliant” and enduring portrait of people’s feelings about their working lives. This edition includes a new foreword by <i>New York Times</i> journalist Adam Cohen (<i>Forbes</i>).<br />  <br /> “Splendid . . . Important . . . Rich and fascinating . . . The people we meet are not digits in a poll but real people with real names who share their anecdotes, adventures, and aspirations with us.” —<i>Business Week</i><br />  <br /> “The talk in <i>Working</i> is good talk—earthy, passionate, honest, sometimes tender, sometimes crisp, juicy as reality, seasoned with experience.” —<i>The Washington Post</i>