He then compiled them into Working, an oral-history collection that went on to. It's one of many interviews archived online by WFMT, the station where Terkel held the job title "Free Spirit" for more than 45 years. For three years in the early 1970s, journalist Studs Terkel gathered stories from a variety of American workers. "I say to you, the Great American Depression, what's the first thought comes to your mind?" Terkel inquired of Iowa farmer Harry Terrell for Hard Times. Hard Times was Terkel's second bestseller (preceded by another oral history, Division Street: America) and he'd already begun using a portable tape recorder to capture interviews with everyday people beyond his Chicago studio. But Terkel's stature was national his book The Good War: An Oral History of World War II won a 1985 Pulitzer Prize and his 1974 bestseller Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day And How They Feel About What They Do was adapted into a popular Broadway musical. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for 'The Good War', and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.
Before his death in 2008, Terkel brought both working class boosterism and intellectual rigor to his shows, broadcast on local stations for more than half a century. Studs Terkel 71 books354 followers Louis 'Studs' Terkel was an American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster.
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