hard times an oral history of the great depression

Honor and Humiliation: Ward James talks about applying and interviewing for relief aid and the shame he felt during the process. Public Service- The City: Elsa Ponselle talks about unmarried teachers, which students were already used to going hungry when the Depression hit, and talking to her nephew about how hard it can be to find work.

Harry Hartman talks about being a bailiff, evicting tenants, and repossessing goods. Willye Jeffries talks about protesting at relief stations for aid and protecting evicted neighbors. Evictions, Arrests and Other Running Sores: Mrs. Concerning the New Deal: John Beecher talks about working in the transient camps. Jerome Zerbe talks about the glamour of 1930s New York. High Life: Sally Rand talks about the creation of her signature fan dance and predictions for future depressions. Mary Owsley remembers life as a coal miner's wife. Sixteen Ton: Buddy Blankenship recalls leaving school to work 16 hour days in a coal mine.

Emil Loriks gives his perspective of the Farmer's Holiday Association and seeing farmers march. The Farmer is the Man: Oscar Heline explains farmer's actions in response to farm foreclosures. Bob Stinson discusses working at General Motors and the sit-down strike. Two Strikes: Jose Yglesias talks about strikes in cigar factories and the lifelong stigmas of strikebreakers. Evelyn Finn talks about trying to unionize at clothing factories. Bonnie Laboring Boy: Joe Morrison talks about generational differences in laborers. N° de ref.Excerpts from different episodes of 'Hard Times: an Oral History of the Great Depression'. RYERSON, JIMMY McPARTLAND, CESAR CHAVEZ AND MANY MORE LESSER KNOWN INDIVIDUALS. LANDON, SENATOR RUSSELL LONG, SAUL ALINSKY, JAMES A. WOOD, MYRNA LOY, PAUKINE KAEL (TWO INTERVIEWS), ALF M. THERE ARE 162 INTERVIEWS IN THE BOOK INCLUDING THOSE INTERVIEWS WITH NOTABLE INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS W. STUDS TERKEL HAS BOLDLY SIGHED THE BOOK ON THE FIRST FREE END PAGE WITH A BLACK FELT PEN AS FOLLOWS 'LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, STUDS TERKEL.' THIS IS THE THIRD BOOK BY STUDS TERKEL AND IT FOLLOWS THE PREVIOUS BOOKS WITH INTERVIEWS AS THE MAJOR THEME. THERE IS MINIMAL SHELF WEAR OF THE TOP OF THE SPINE OF THE PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET THAT IS IN A PROTECTIVE MYLAR WRAPPER. RANDOM HOUSE, OWNERS OF PANTHEON BOOKS, PRINTINGS AFTER 1970 NEVER STARTED WITH A NUMBER 1. THE PUBLISHER'S NUMBERS 9876543 INDICATES THAT THE BOOK IS A SECOND PRINTIING OF THE FIRST EDITION.

Hard times an oral history of the great depression