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Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation

  • Annotation:
    • A collaborative adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winning Stud Terkel's WORKING. Includes the original introduction to WORKING by Terkel. Divided into nine sections featuring different working sectors, which offer accounts of the lives of ordinary Americans - farm laborers, miners, sex workers, union organizers, box -boys, musicians, jockeys, barbers, and gravediggers.
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  • Publication Information:
    • New Press, New York, 2009
  • Color or Black & White:
    • Black and White
  • Genres:
    • Biography
    • Non-Fiction
  • Bibliography Available:
    • No
  • Original Language:
    • English
  • Historical Topic/Event:
    • World War (1939-1945)
    • First World War (1914-1918
    • Vietnam War (1961-1975)
  • Geographic Setting:
    • United States
  • Date Range:
    • 1910 - 1970
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Graphic History

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Graphic History is a database of available/in-print graphic novels dealing with historical settings, events, or people. It is hosted by the University of Iowa Libraries.
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