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Hope dies last, keeping the faith in difficult times, Studs Terkel

Label
Hope dies last, keeping the faith in difficult times, Studs Terkel
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Hope dies last
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
52038043
Responsibility statement
Studs Terkel
Sub title
keeping the faith in difficult times
Summary
These interviews;with congressmen and cooks, union organizers and CEOs, students, immigrants, activists, veterans, priests and lawyers;constitute an alternative history of the American century. They form a legacy of the indefatigable spirit that Studs has always embodied, an inheritance for those who, by taking a stand, are making concrete the dreams of today.;From publisher description
Table Of Contents
Prologue: Brothers : Father Robert Oldershaw and Dr. John Oldershaw -- Mr. Smith goes to Washington. Representative Dennis Kucinich ; Representative Dan Burton -- The New Deal : The old war. Clancy Sigal ; Arnold Sundgaard ; Norman Lloyd ; Adoph Keifer (with interjections by his wife, Joyce) ; Admiral Gene LaRoque ; Brigadier General Paul Tibbets ; Herb Mitgang -- Voices of the '60s. Tom Hayden ; Staughton Lynd ; Arlo Guthrie -- Part 2: Concerning Enronism. John Kenneth Galbraith ; Wallace Rasmussen -- Bread and roses. Victor Reuther ; Carole Travis ; Ken Paff ; Roberta Lynch ; Eliseo Medina ; Tom Geoghegan -- Lift every voice. Tim Black ; Elaine Jones (with postscript by Theodore Shaw) ; The Reverend Will D. Campbell ; Lloyd King ; Mel Leventhal -- The pardon. Leroy Orange -- Teachers. Deborah Bayly ; Quinn Brisben --Part 3: Easy riders. Andrew McNeil ; Michael Oldham ; Dr. David Buchanen -- Anyplace I hang my hat is home. René Maxwell ; Dierdre Merriman ; Alderwoman Helen Shiller -- A priest and two ex-seminarians. John Donahue ; Jerry Brown ; Ed Chambers -- The discovery of power. Mike Gecan ; Linda Stout ; Pete Seeger ; Frances Moore Lappé -- Part 4: Immigrants. Usama Alshaibi ; "Maria" and "Pedro" (interpreted by Father Brendan Curran) ; A caveat : Sam Osaki -- Younglings. Mollie McGrath ; Bob Hemauer ; Lynn Siebert ; Maggie Morningstone -- Higher learning. Liliana Lineares (interpreted by Minsu Longiaru) ; Bob Kelly ; Greg Halpern ; Edward Childs -- Epilogue: The pilgrim. Kathy Kelly
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