| 1. |  | Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $9.75
Customer Review:
My Mother-In-Law loved this book. There are stories that really hit home and make you appreciate what you have in life! | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
from W. W. Norton & Company
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
I wouldn't know. I was sent an Email on 11/19/08 that said that my order had been shipped. It is now 12/22/08, and I have NOT received it. I sent 2 Emails saying that I had not received it, but still have not. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
from New Press
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
As I have done on other occasions when I am reviewing more than one work by an author I am using some of the same comments, where they are pertinent, here as I did in earlier reviews. In this series the first Studs Terkel book reviewed was that of his "The Good War": an Oral History of World War... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The Good War: An Oral History of World War II
from New Press
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
Strangely, as I found out about the recent death of long time pro-working class journalist and general truth-teller "Studs" Terkel I was just beginning to read his "The Good War", about the lives and experiences of, mainly, ordinary people during World War II in America and elsewhere, for review in... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's (Perennial Classics)
from Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Price: $11.05
Customer Review:
Frederick Lewis Allen's book on the 1920's was first published in 1931. His informal history of this time period has withstood the test of time. He identified and described the major events and trends in that decade, without the benefit of what historians like to call a "decent interval." His... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
from Arcade Publishing
Price: $11.19
Customer Review:
Although, it is a horrific account of the terrors of Auschwitz, it is worth the read. I finished this book in a day. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz
from Prometheus Books
Price: $30.40
Customer Review:
I have read many books on this subject, in an attempt to get inside the mind of the people who perpetrated this crime. Not the far removed bureaucrats in Berlin who gave sweeping orders, but the men who pulled the trigger. Men who had families. Men who saw the faces of women, children, and old... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
from Houghton Mifflin
Price: $16.80
Customer Review:
As someone who has been an amateur Civil War historian for over 40 years, this is a glimpse of the war from an entirely new, and sobering perspective. The reader needs to understand Ward has captured the oral testimonies of former slaves, and as such, the style of presentation is unavoidably choppy... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Doing Oral History
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $16.49
Customer Review:
We first heard about this book on the radio back in early 1990s...it is a marvelous tool to guide an interview of grandparent or parent, or even self, to record one's memories and family history. The book provided a concise outline to follow so that family history, stories, and memories can be... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times
from New Press
Price: $13.56
Customer Review:
HOPE DIES LAST is an oral history of various personalities collected by renowned social commentator Studs Terkel. Terkel has collected stories from just about every conceivable category of people: teachers, politicians, clergy people, business people, young people, and old people, you name it, the... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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