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'''Studs Terkel''' | |||
Louis "Studs" Terkel, a cigar-smoking American radio broadcaster and amateur historian, is best known for his plodding 1000-page [small print] book | Louis "Studs" Terkel, a cigar-smoking American radio broadcaster and amateur historian, is best known for his plodding 1000-page [small print] book | ||
''Working'' <ref> An painfully dry and seemingly random series of occupationally-oriented interviews. </ref>. Blacklisted for his leftist beliefs during the Age of McCarthyism, Terkel later sued [[error|Ma Bell]] to stop the communication conglomerate's unauthorized release of phone records to the newly formed | |||
Working | |||
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[[error|Ma Bell]] | |||
to stop the communication conglomerate's unauthorized release of phone records to the newly formed | |||
[[error|FBI]], a practice instigated covertly during the United States government's no-holds-barred pursuit of the well-dressed, charismatic gangster | [[error|FBI]], a practice instigated covertly during the United States government's no-holds-barred pursuit of the well-dressed, charismatic gangster | ||
[[dillinger-is-dead|John Herbert Dillinger]] | [[dillinger-is-dead|John Herbert Dillinger]] and his gang of miscreants. | ||
and his gang of miscreants. | |||
Revision as of 18:50, 30 April 2024
Studs Terkel
Louis "Studs" Terkel, a cigar-smoking American radio broadcaster and amateur historian, is best known for his plodding 1000-page [small print] book Working [1]. Blacklisted for his leftist beliefs during the Age of McCarthyism, Terkel later sued Ma Bell to stop the communication conglomerate's unauthorized release of phone records to the newly formed FBI, a practice instigated covertly during the United States government's no-holds-barred pursuit of the well-dressed, charismatic gangster John Herbert Dillinger and his gang of miscreants.
- ↑ An painfully dry and seemingly random series of occupationally-oriented interviews.