Working
By: Studs Terkel.
Publisher: Avon
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 762
ISBN-13: 9780380002597
Subjects: Working class -- United States -- Interviews.; Working class -- United States -- Attitudes.; Work.; Beroepsbevolking.; Arbeidsomstandigheden.
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Studs Turkel records the voices of America. Men and women from every walk of life talk to him, telling him of their likes and dislikes, fears, problems, and happinesses on the job. Once again, Turkel has created a rich and unique document that is as simple as conversation, but as subtle and heartfelt as the meaning of our lives.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: Preface 1.; title: Who built the pyramids? --; title: Mike LeFevre; title: [Steelworker] --; title: Preface 2.; title: Who spreads the news? --; title: Billy Carpenter; title: [Newsboy] --; title: Cliff Pickens; title: Terry Pickens; title: Preface 3.; title: The mason --; title: Carl Murray Bates; title: [Stonemason] -- -- bk. 1.; title: Working the land --; title: Pierce Walker, farmer --; title: Roberto Acuna, farm worker --; title: Aunt Katherine Haynes, farm woman --; title: Joe and Susie Haynes, deep miner and his wife --; title: Rob Sanders, strip miner --; title: Hub Dillard, heavy equipment operator -- -- bk. 2. -- [pt. 1].; title: Communication --; title: Sharon Atkins, receptionist --; title: Frances Swenson, hotel switchboard operator --; title: Heather Lamb, telephone operator --; title: Jack Hunter, professor of communications -- -- [pt. 2].; title: A pecking order --; title: Terry Mason, airline stewardess --; title: Beryl Simpson, airline reservationist --; title: Jill Torrance, model --; title: Anne Bogan, executive secretary --; title: Roberta Victor, hook -- -- [pt. 3].; title: Did you ever hear the one about the farmer's daughter? --; title: Barbara Herrick, writer/producer -- -- [pt. 4].; title: The commercial --; title: John Fortune, copy chief --; title: Arny Freeman, actor --; title: Rip Torn, actor --; title: Eddie Jaffe, press agent --; title: Richard Mann, installment dealer --; title: Enid du Bois, telephone solicitor --; title: bk. 3. -- [pt. 1].; title: Cleaning up --; title: Nick Salerno, sanitation truck driver --; title: Roy Schmidt, garbage man --; title: Louis Hayward, washroom attendant --; title: Lincoln James, factory mechanic --; title: Maggie Holmes, domestic --; title: Eric Hoellen, janitor -- -- [pt. 2].; title: Watching --; title: Fritz Ritter, doorman --; title: Vincent Maher, policeman --; title: Renault Robinson, policeman --; title: Anthony Ruggiero, industrial investigator --; title: Jill Freedman, photographer --; title: Pauline Kael, film critic -- -- bk. 4.; title: The demon lover -- -- [pt. 1].; title: The making --; title: Phil Stallings, spot-welder --; title: Jim Grayson, spot-welder --; title: Hobart Foote, utility man --; title: Ned Williams, stock chaser --; title: tom Brand, plant manager --; title: Wheeler Stanley, general foreman --; title: Gary Bryner, president, Lordstown Local, UAW -- -- [pt. 2].; title: The driving --; title: Booker Page, cabdriver --; title: Lucky Miller, cabdriver --; title: Will Robinson, bus driver --; title: Frank Decker, interstate trucker -- -- [pt. 3].; title: The parking --; title: Alfred Pommier, car hiker -- -- [pt. 4].; title: The selling --; title: Johnny Bosworth, car salesman -- -- bk. 5. -- [pt. 1].; title: Appearance --; title: Sam Mature, barber --; title: Edward and Hazel Zimmer, hair stylists --; title: Jean Stanley, cosmetics saleswoman --; title: Dr. Stephen Bartlett, dentist --; title: Doc Pritchard, hotel clerk --; title: Hots Michaels, bar pianist --; title: Teddy Grodowski, elevator starter --; title: Tim Devlin, janitor, ex-salesman -- -- [pt. 2].; title: Counting --; title: Nancy Rogers, bank teller --; title: Fred Roman, auditor -- -- [pt. 3].; title: Footwork --; title: Jack Spiegel, organizer --; title: Alice Washington, order filler, shoe factory --; title: John Fuller, mail carrier --; title: Conrad Swibel, gas meter reader --; title: Brett Hauser, supermarket box boy --; title: Babe Secoli, supermarket checker --; title: Thomas Rush, skycap --; title: Grace Clements, felter, luggage factory --; title: Delores Dante, waitress -- -- [pt. 4].; title: Just a housewife -; title: Therese Carter --; title: Jesusita Novarro --; title: bk. 6. -- [pt. 1].; title: The quiet life --; title: Donna Murray, bookbinder --; title: Nino Guidici, pharmacist --; title: Eugene Russell, piano tuner -- -- [pt. 2].; title: Brokers --; title: Margaret Richards, realty broker --; title: James Carson, yacht broker --; title: David Reed Glover, stockbroker --; title: Ray Wax, stockbroker -- -- [pt. 3].; title: Bureaucracy --; title: Steve Carmichael, project coordinator --; title: Lilith Reynolds, government relations coordinator --; title: Diane Wilson, process clerk -- -- [pt. 4].; title: Organizer --; title: Bill Talcott -- -- bk. 7. -- [pt. 1].; title: The sporting life --; title: Eddie Arroyo, jockey --; title: Steve Hamilton, baseball player --; title: Blackie Mason, sports press agent --; title: Jeanne Douglas, tennis player --; title: Eric Nesterenko, hockey player --; title: George Allen, football coach -- -- [pt. 2].; title: In charge --; title: Ward Quaal, TV/radio executive --; title: Dave Bender, factory owner --; title: Ernest Bradshaw, audit department head, bank --; title: Peter Keeley, ex-boss --; title: Lois Keeley Novak, his daughter --; title: Larry Ross, ex-president of conglomerate; consultant -- -- [pt. 3].; title: Ma and Pa courage --; title: George and Irene Brewer -- -- [pt. 4].; title: Reflections on idleness and retirement --; title: Barbara Terwilliger, idleness --; title: Bill Norworth, retired railroad engineer --; title: Joe Zmuda, ex-shipping clerk --; title: bk. 8. -- [pt. 1].; title: The age of Charlie Blossom --; title: Charlie Blossom, copy boy --; title: Steven Simonyi-Gindele, publisher --; title: Tom McCoy, proofreader --; title: Ralph Werner, department store salesman --; title: Bud Freeman, jazz musician --; title: Ken Brown, executive --; title: Kay Stepkin, director of bakery cooperative --; title: Cathleen Moran, hospital aide -- -- [pt. 2].; title: Cradle to grave --; title: Ruth Lindstrom, baby nurse --; title: Rose Hoffman, public school teacher --; title: Pat Zimmerman, alternative school teacher --; title: Kitty Scanlan, occupational therapist --; title: Betsy DeLacy, patients' representative --; title: Carmelita Lester, practical nurse, old people's home --; title: Herbert Bach, memorial counselor --; title: Elmer Ruiz, gravedigger -- -- bk. 9. -- [pt. 1].; title: The quiz kid and the carpenter --; title: Bruce Fletcher, tree nursery attendant --; title: Nick Lindsay, carpenter/poet -- -- [pt. 2].; title: In search of a calling --; title: Nora Watson, editor --; title: Walter Lundquist, industrial designer --; title: Rebecca Sweeney, nun to naprapath -- -- [pt. 3].; title: Second chance --; title: Fred Ringley, ex-salesman; farmer --; title: Philip da Vinci, lawyer --; title: Sarah Houghton, librarian --; title: Mario Anichini, stone cutter -- -- [pt. 4].; title: Fathers and sons --; title: Glen Stribling, service station owner --; title: Dave Stribling, his son and partner --; title: Steve Dubi, steelworker --; title: Father Leonard Dubi, his son, a priest --; title: Jack Currier, teacher, adult education --; title: Harold Patrick, freight elevator operator --; title: Bob Patrick, policeman --; title: Tom Patrick, fireman.