ChicagoHistoryMuseum Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine HansberryChicagoHistoryMuseum#OnThisDay in 1930, playwright & activist #LorraineHansberry was born in Chicago. Author of "A Raisin in the Sun," she was the 1st African American woman to have a play performed on Broadway. In a 1959 interview, she discussed her play w/ #StudsTerkel. http://ow.ly/cG7W50Jc8MC
Paperback, Mass Market, 2004
$8.95Member price:$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
David McCulloughChicagoHistoryMuseumPulitzer-winning historian #DavidMcCullough has died at age 89. A true champion for history, he wrote numerous books & narrated countless films & TV shows about US history. Listen to him talk about his book "Mornings on Horseback" with #StudsTerkel. https://t.co/W54ouBjHEr
Paperback, 1982
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Resurrection Man
Franklin E. WalesChicagoHistoryMuseumNew on the blog: Chicagoland has a lot of ghost stories but none as infamous as Resurrection Mary, the hitchhiking ghost who haunts the roadsides of Archer Ave. on the city's SW side. Read her story: https://t.co/Q3Uzf4Xt21 #SpookySeason👻 https://t.co/YCgVZaCXwB
Paperback, 2019
$6.99Member price:$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class
Barbara EhrenreichChicagoHistoryMuseumAnd #BarbaraEhrenreich, who spoke to #StudsTerkel in 1989 about her book "Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class." Ehrenreich, who died on Sept. 1, 2022, may be best known for "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America"(2001). https://t.co/vHdTMOWN9W (5/5)
Paperback, 2020
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Manchild in the Promised Land
Claude BrownChicagoHistoryMuseum"In Harlem—there, I can never remember ever regarding myself as a child." #OnThisDay in 1937, author #ClaudeBrown was born in NYC. In 1965, Brown spoke w/ #StudsTerkel about his autobiographical novel "Manchild in the Promised Land." https://t.co/Tadc0KGgPn #BlackHistoryMonth
Paperback, 2011
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nickel and Dimed
Barbara EhrenreichChicagoHistoryMuseumAnd #BarbaraEhrenreich, who spoke to #StudsTerkel in 1989 about her book "Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class." Ehrenreich, who died on Sept. 1, 2022, may be best known for "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America"(2001). https://t.co/vHdTMOWN9W (5/5)
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The Jungle
Upton SinclairChicagoHistoryMuseum#OnThisDay in 1904, thousands of Amalgamated Meat Cutters union members walked off the job in protest over unfair wages. The strike was covered by Upton Sinclair, who based The Jungle on interviews w/ immigrant workers on poor working conditions. Read more https://t.co/krWGxHmIQh https://t.co/mzIIdE8S6n
Paperback, 2022
$27.74Member price:$13.87 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Things They Carried
Tim O'BrienChicagoHistoryMuseumTim O'Brien, who spoke to #StudsTerkel in 1978 about his book "Going After Cacciato," which won the 1979 National Book Award for Fiction. O'Brien may be best known for "The Things They Carried" (1990). https://t.co/z7ETjbWZ9Z (3/5)
Paperback, 2009
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Going After Cacciato
Tim O'BrienChicagoHistoryMuseumTim O'Brien, who spoke to #StudsTerkel in 1978 about his book "Going After Cacciato," which won the 1979 National Book Award for Fiction. O'Brien may be best known for "The Things They Carried" (1990). https://t.co/z7ETjbWZ9Z (3/5)
Hardcover, 2001
$31.30Member price:$15.65 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Jungle: (illustrated edition)
Upton SinclairChicagoHistoryMuseum#OnThisDay in 1904, thousands of Amalgamated Meat Cutters union members walked off the job in protest over unfair wages. The strike was covered by Upton Sinclair, who based The Jungle on interviews w/ immigrant workers on poor working conditions. Read more https://t.co/krWGxHmIQh https://t.co/mzIIdE8S6n
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