Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression (original: 1970/ latest edition: 2005) is a telling of the oral history of the Great Depression written by Studs Terkel. It is a firsthand account of people of varying socio-economic status who lived in the United States during the Great Depression.

"Hard Times": An Oral History of the Great Depression
First edition
AuthorStuds Terkel
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGreat Depression
PublisherPantheon Books
Publication date
1970
Media typePrint
Pages480
ISBN978-1-56584-656-2

The first edition of the book was published in 1970. The 1986 print included a new introduction by Terkel. The latest edition was published in 2005.

Chapters 1 2 3 and 4 are the chapters heading out the door

  • Foreword, January–February 1986
  • A Personal Memoir (and parenthetical comment)

Book One

  • The March
  • The Song
  • Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Hard Travelin’
  • The Big Money
  • Man and Boy
  • God Bless’ the Child
  • Bonnie Laboring Boy
  • Three Strikes

Book Two

  • Old Families
  • Member of the Chorus
  • High Life
  • At the Clinic
  • Sixteen Ton
  • The Farmer is the Man
  • Editor and Publisher

Book Three

Book Four

  • Merely Passing Through
  • Three O’Clock in the Morning
  • A Cable

Book Five

  • The Fine and Lively Arts
  • Public Servant – The City
  • Evictions, Arrests, and Other Running Sores
  • Honor and Humiliation
  • Strive and Succeed

Epilogue

  • The Raft
  • A Touch of Rue

Literary significance and reception

Hard Times is known for providing an equal representation of experiences across a broad spectrum of socio-economic status.[1] It has been called "A true classic! Exceptional oral history of a wide strata of Americans caught up in the 'hard times' of the Great Depression."[2]

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