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American dreams, lost and found, Studs Terkel

Label
American dreams, lost and found, Studs Terkel
Language
eng
resource.biographical
collective biography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
American dreams
Oclc number
6222488
Responsibility statement
Studs Terkel
Sub title
lost and found
Summary
Presents 100 interviews with a cross section of American people, both famous and non-famous, who discuss their personal lives and ambitions
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- Prologue. Miss U.S.A. : Emma Knight ; The stream : Leonel I. Castillo -- 1. Onward and upward. The boss : Wallace Rasmussen, Gaylord Freeman, S.B. Fuller, Jim Vrettos, Dan O'Brien, Bill Veeck ; The hired gun, the travelin' lady, the wanderin' kid, and the Indian : Jay Slabaugh, Rosalie Sorrells, Ann Banks, Vine Deloria ; Fantasia : Jill Robinson, Joan Crawford, Sharon Fox, Carey Edwards, Ted Turner, John Fielding ; True believer : Matt Matejkowski -- 2. Canaan land. Arriving: then : Andy Johnson, Vernon Jarrett, Thomas Boylston Adams, Angelo Rocco, Stanley Cygan, Dora Rosenzweig ; Generations: first and second : Norman Maclean, Florence Scala, Stella Nowicki, Leon Duncan, Rafael Rosa ; Arriving: now : Arnold Schwartzenegger, Karlis Enins, Miguel Cortez, Anastasias (Andy) Kostelis ; Going and coming : Jenny Bird, Peggy Terry -- 3. In the country. Stirrings in the field : Herschel Ligon, Jessie de la Cruz ; Them : Aki and Jun Kurose ; Girl of the golden west : Ramona Bennett ; Sowing on the mountain : Florence Reese, Joe Begley, Gaynell Begley ; The diploma : Hartman Turnbow, C.P. Ellis -- 4. In the city. Neighborhood boy : Ben Green, Ken Jackson, Bill Lesko, Roger Tuttrup, Bob Luce, Ed Sadlowski ; Neighborhood familiar : Ray Kaepplinger, Ruth Curry, Charlie Dellakamp, Claire Hellstern ; Alone : George Malley ; Stirrings in the neighborhood : Mary Lou Wolff, Nancy Jefferson -- 5. Dreams : public and private. Visions : John Howard Griffin, George Putnam, Elizabeth Ross, Mrs. George Upham Baylies, Dr. Whitney Addington, Erma "Tiny" Motton ; Winning : Lee Kunzman, Claude Humphrey ; Gathering and letting go : Mildred Olmstead, Stephen Cruz, Linda Christianson, Carol and Tony Danlow, Helen and Scott Nearing ; Mother & son : Dorothy Lawson McCall, Tom McCall -- 6. They also serve. Politics : James Abourezk, Jesse Helms, Dennis Kucinich, Vito Marzullo, Coleman Young ; John and Karl : John McClaughery, Karl Hess ; A homily on duty : Frank Willis ; Editor and publisher : Pat andTom Gish, Bob Brown, Jann Wenner, Ron McCrea -- 7. The young : spectators and gladiators. The girl next-door : Linda Haas ; The graduates : Sam Lopez, Rose Rigsby ; The girl across the tracks : Sarah Palmer ; Family portraits : Frank Mueller, Beth Campbell ; A certain smile : Jennifer Taylor, Pandarik Das (Harold Lewis) ; Touching thirty : Bruce Bendinger, Jodean Culbert, Tom Burns, William Gothard, Sam Lovejoy -- Epilogue. The woods : Bob Ziak ; The train : Clarence Spencer
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