Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My TimesTerkel offers the reader an autobiography of our times--the stirring story of a man whose life has been so vivid that its telling mirrors the events of our century. From Mahalia Jackson to Bertrand Russell, from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Federico Fellini, Studs has met them all and captured their voices for the reader. |
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... father was a sailor . ' E could knit a jumper in one piece . ' E could make a rug . ' E could make a pudding . ' E ... father ? Nothing terrible happened to Hanson , other than a crying jag one Saturday afternoon . He had had a few ...
... father was a sailor . ' E could knit a jumper in one piece . ' E could make a rug . ' E could make a pudding . ' E ... father ? Nothing terrible happened to Hanson , other than a crying jag one Saturday afternoon . He had had a few ...
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... father . If they themselves make them , there's no such feeling . If a boy's punished six- pence for riding someone else's bicycle , it's accepted without question . But if his father or mother docked him sixpence , that'd be something ...
... father . If they themselves make them , there's no such feeling . If a boy's punished six- pence for riding someone else's bicycle , it's accepted without question . But if his father or mother docked him sixpence , that'd be something ...
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... father read ? ” " My father read quite a bit . From eleven years old on . When he started working in the forest and for the rail- roads . He was always interested in the workers ' pro- grams . Every day he talked of the mines . He told ...
... father read ? ” " My father read quite a bit . From eleven years old on . When he started working in the forest and for the rail- roads . He was always interested in the workers ' pro- grams . Every day he talked of the mines . He told ...
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Do You Like Bruegel? | 3 |
The Man Who Shook the Hand of the | 56 |
A Free and Fair Election | 71 |
Copyright | |
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