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"Here is the raw material for one thousand novels?.incomparable."—Margaret Atwood
In this unique look at one of our most pervasive national myths, Studs Terkel persuades an extraordinary range of Americans to articulate their version of "The American Dream." Beginning with an embittered winner of the Miss U.S.A. contest who sees the con behind the dream of success and including an early interview with a highly ambitious Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terkel explores the diverse landscape of the promise of the United States—from farm kids dreaming of the city to city kids determined to get out, from the Boston Brahmin to the KKK member, from newly arrived immigrants to families who have lived in this country for generations, these narratives include figures both famous and infamous. Filtered through the lens of our leading oral historian, the chorus of voices in American Dreams highlights the hopes and struggles of coming to and living in the United States.
Originally published in 1980, this is a classic work of oral history that provides an extraordinary and moving picture of everyday American lives.
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Bradley Ecker
reviewed American Dreams on October 12, 2019 American Dreams
There's a lot of talk these days about getting outside of our political bubbles, learning to empathize with the "other side," and keeping a real eye on the pulse of the "real" America. But this contemporary yearning for "conversation" feels so shallow when compared to what Studs Terkel does here. This book is not about uncovering some truth of political science, or explaining someone's contradictory presidential vote. Instead, it's about slicing open a larger and deeper vein of this country, one that touches on slavery and the Depression and the Wobblies and the colonization of North America. And this book does this with so little pretension and so much love that it's easy to get inside the head of almost every interviewee. What you find there in the other's shoes will be different from what I found, but I'm almost sure it will change you.
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