The Great Divide
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Good War and Working writes a chronicle of the American Dream in trouble. Studs Terkel talks to 100 Americans, from housewives and bartenders to teachers and cops. What they have to say presents a candid portrait of a nation divided. A hardcover bestseller. HC: Pantheon.
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