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Touch and Go: A Memoir Hardback - 2007

by Studs Terkel; Sydney Lewis (With)

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At 95 years of age, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Terkel offers his long-awaited memoir that embodies the spirit of the man himself--youthful, vivacious, and enormously fun.

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Starting with his Depression-era childhood in Chicago to his travails during the McCarthy period where he was blacklisted and thrown out of work, this book offers an intimate portrait of one of America's greatest living legends.

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  • Title Touch and Go: A Memoir
  • Author Studs Terkel; Sydney Lewis (With)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition. F
  • Pages 269
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New Press, New York, NY
  • Publication date 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781595580436 / 1595580433
  • Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.46 x 1.11 in (23.72 x 16.41 x 2.82 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century, Terkel, Studs
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007018673
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/15/2007, Page 4
  • Commonweal, 12/07/2007, Page 35
  • Foreword, 11/01/2007, Page 1
  • Kirkus Best Books, 05/15/2007, Page 16
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2007, Page 915
  • Library Journal, 12/15/2007, Page 129
  • New York Times Book Review, 12/09/2007, Page 17
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/27/2007, Page 70
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/05/2007, Page 33
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2008, Page 242
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