Working people talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do

Terkel, Studs 1912-2008 (Author).

Summary: A collection of interviews with working people in a wide variety of occupations.

Record details

ISBN: 0394478843
ISBN: 9780394478845
Physical Description: print
xlix, 589 pages ; 25 cm.
Edition: [1st ed.].
Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books [1974]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Working the land : Pierce Walker, farmer ; Roberto Acuna, farm worker ; Aunt Katherine Haynes, farm woman ; Joe and Susie Haynes, deep miner and his wife ; Bob Sanders, strip miner ; Hub Dillard, heavy equipment operator -- 2. Communications : Sharon Atkins, receptionist ; Frances Swenson, hotel switchboard operator ; Heather Lamb, telephone operator ; Jack Hunter, professor of communications -- A pecking order : Terry Mason, airline stewardess ; Beryl Simpson, airline reservationist ; Jill Torrance, model ; Anne Bogan, executive secretary ; Roberta Victor, hooker -- Did you ever hear the one about the farmer's daughter? : Barbara Herrick, writer/producer -- The commercial : John Fortune, copy chief ; Arny Freeman, actor ; Rip Torn, actor ; Eddie Jaffe, press agent ; Richard Mann, installment dealer ; Enid du Bois, telephone solicitor -- 3. Cleaning up : Nick Salerno, sanitation truck driver ; Roy Schmidt, garbage man ; Louis Hayward, washroom attendant ; Lincoln James, factory mechanic ; Maggie Holmes, domestic ; Eric Hoellen, janitor -- Watching : Fritz Ritter, doorman ; Vincent Maher, policeman ; Renault Robinson, policeman ; Anthony Ruggiero, industrial investigator ; Jill Freedman, photographer ; Pauline Kael, film critic -- 4. The demon lover : The making : Phil Stallings, spot-welder ; Jim Grayson, spot-welder ; Hobart Foote, utility man ; Ned Williams, stock chaser ; Tom Brand, plant manager ; Wheeler Stanley, general foreman ; Gary Bryner, president, Lordstown Local, UAW -- The driving : Booker Page, cabdriver ; Lucky Miller, cabdriver ; Will Robinson, bus driver ; Frank Decker, interstate truckdriver -- The parking : Alfred Pommier, car hiker -- The selling : Johnny Bosworth, car salesman -- 5. Appearance : Sam Mature, barber ; Edward and Hazel Zimmer, hair stylists ; Jean Stanley, cosmetics saleswoman ; Dr. Stephen Bartlett, dentist ; Doc Pritchard, hotel clerk ; Hots Michaels, bar pianist ; Teddy Grodowski, elevator starter ; Tim Devlin, janitor; ex-salesman -- Counting : Nancy Rogers, bank teller ; Fred Roman, auditor -- Footwork : Jack Spiegel, organizer ; Alice Washington, order filler, shoe factory ; John Fuller, mail carrier ; Conrad Swibel, gas meter reader ; Brett Hauser, supermarket box boy ; Babe Secoli, supermarket checker ; Thomas Rush, skycap ; Grace Clements, felter, luggage factory ; Dolores Dante, waitress -- Just a housewife : Therese Carter ; Jesusita Novarro.

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