| Description |
xxv, 197 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Note |
Adaptation of: Working : people talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do / Studs Terkel. New York : Pantheon Books, 1974. |
| Contents |
Preface / Harvey Pekar -- Original introduction to Working / Studs Terkel -- Introduction / Paul Buhle -- Working the land. Katherine Haynes, farm woman / adaptation and art by Sharon Rudahl -- Joe and Susie Haynes, coal miner and wife / adaptation by Pekar, art by Anne Timmons -- Roberto Acuna, farmworker / adaptation by Pekar, art by Dylan A.T. Miner -- Pecking order. Bill Talcott, organizer / adaptation and art by Peter Kuper -- Roberta Victor, hooker / adaptation and art by Sabrina Jones -- Barbara Terwilliger, idleness / adaptation by Pekar, art by Joan Reilly -- Footwork. John Fuller, mail carrier / adaptation and art by Sharon Rudahl -- Jack Spiegel, organizer / adaptation by Pekar, art by Peter Gullerud -- Brett Hauser, supermarket box-boy / adaptation by Pekar, art by Ryan Inzana -- Dolores Dante, waitress / adaptation and art by Lance Tooks -- In the spotlight. Rip Torn, actor / adaptation by Danny Fingeroth, art by Bob Hall -- Bud Freeman, jazz musician / adaptation and art by Lance Tooks -- Steve Hamilton, baseball player / adaptation by Danny Fingeroth, art by Bob Hall -- Eddie Arroyo, jockey / adaptation and art by Sharon Rudahl -- Behind a desk. Tom McCoy, proofreader / adaptation by Pekar, art by Terry LaBan -- David Reed Glover, stockbroker / adaptation by Pekar, art by Pablo G. Callejo -- Beryl Simpson, airline reservationist / adaptation by Pekar, art by Emily Nemens -- Appearance. Sam Mature, barber / adaptation by Pekar, art by Nick Thorkelson -- Edward and Hazel Zimmer, hair stylists / adaptation and art by Sharon Rudahl -- Hots Michaels, bar pianist / adaptation and art by Lance Tooks -- Cleaning up. Maggie Holmes, domestic / adaptation and art by Sharon Rudahl -- Nick Salerno, garbageman / adaptation by Pekar, art by Nick Thorkelson -- Second chance. Bruce Fletcher, greenhouse worker / adaptation and art by Sharon Rudahl -- Nick Lindsay, carpenter and poet / adaptation by Pekar, art by Pat Moriarity -- Mario and Bob Anichini, stone cutters / adaptation and art by Sharon Rudahl -- Looking after eack other (from cradle to grave). Ruth Lindstrom, baby nurse / adaptation and art by Sharon Rudahl -- Gary Bryner, Lordstown local UAW president / adaptation and art by Gary Dumm -- Elmer Ruiz, gravedigger / adaptation by Pekar, art by Ryan Inzana. |
| Summary |
A graphic novel adaptation of Studs Terkel's interviews and accounts of the lives of ordinary Americans. |
| Subject |
Working class -- United States -- Pictorial works.
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Working class -- United States -- Interviews.
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Working class -- United States -- Attitudes.
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Working class. (OCoLC)fst01180418
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Working class -- Attitudes.
(OCoLC)fst01180422
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Tecknade serier.
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Arbetsmarknad -- Förenta staterna.
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Graphic novel.
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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| Added Author |
Buhle, Paul, 1944-
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Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008.
Working.
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| ISBN |
9781595583215 |
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1595583211 |
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