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Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times

by Studs Terkel · 2003

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Studs Terkel's legacy to the younger generation is a chronicle of optimism, determination and activism in 20th-century America, retelling history through the stories of those who stood up and fought for their beliefs in the face of justice or adversity.

Subject
historybiographysociology
Themes
journalistsreligionsocial issuesspirituality
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages
Form
essays

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