Coming of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century
By Studs Terkel
Read by Studs Terkel , Shirley Venard , and Allen Hamilton
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“We don’t know anything about the past and we don’t seem to want to know it. And all the time the people who can tell us about it, make it meaningful, the real repositories of living information, are being lost.”—Studs Terkel Together, these stories represent an extraordinary panorama of American life and work throughout the century and the ways in which the times have changed. Coming of Age is a compelling picture of what we have gained through “progress”—and what we have lost.
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Summary
Summary
“We don’t know anything about the past and we don’t seem to want to know it. And all the time the people who can tell us about it, make it meaningful, the real repositories of living information,
are being lost.”—Studs Terkel
Together, these stories represent an extraordinary panorama of American life and work throughout the century and the ways in which the times have changed.
Coming of Age is a compelling picture of what we have gained through “progress”—and what we have lost.
Author
Author Bio: Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel won the Pulitzer prize in 1985 for his interviews with ordinary people in such books as Working, The Good War, and Hard Times. Often called an Oral Historian, Studs Terkel preferred to be known for playing music on the radio.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Runtime: | 2.88 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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