From a mother and son who migrated from Appalachia to a Native American boilerman, from a streetwise ex–gang leader to a liberal police officer, from the poorest African Americans to the richest socialites, these unique and often intimate first-person accounts form a multifaceted collage that defies any simple stereotype of America.As Terkel himself put it: “I was on the prowl for a cross–section of urban thought, using no one method or technique. . . I guess I was seeking some balance in the wildlife of the city as Rachel Carson sought it in nature. Revealing aspects of people’s lives that are normally invisible to most of us, Division Street is a fascinating survey of a city, and a society, at a pivotal moment of the twentieth century.

    Yet few know of his career as a journalist who covered world events from the Great Depression to Vietnam. Now, this distinctive collection offers a portrait of the artist as citizen, deeply engaged in the world around him. In addition to the complete text of Steinbeck's last published book, America and Americans , this volume brings together for the first time more than fifty of Steinbeck's finest essays and journalistic pieces on Salinas, Sag Harbor, Arthur Miller, Woody Guthrie, the Vietnam War and more. This edition is edited by Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw and Steinbeck biographer Jackson J. Benson.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    With roots stretching back to their slave forebears, the Johns Islanders and their folk traditions are a vital link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean ancestors.When first published in 1966, this book conveyed islanders' trepidation and jubilation upon the arrival of the civil rights movement to their isolated home. In this edition, which is updated through the late 1980s, the stories and songs of an older day blend with the voices of an empowered younger generation determined to fight the overdevelopment of their land by resort builders.

    Fall wrote as a journalist & a scholar, backed by credentials that include being the recipient of Fulbright, SEATO & Guggenheim fellowships. This is a collection of his articles from publications including The NY Times Magazine, The Nation, The New Republic & Foreign Affairs. Denying that the war was unavoidable, Fall contends that in their day-to-day decisions, Paris, Saigon & Washington repeatedly ignored vital information & chose the course least likely to produce beneficial long-term results.Introduction1 France loses IndochinaSolution in Indochina (March, 1954) The French communists and Indochina (April, 1955) The failure of the Navarre plan (December, 1956) Representative government in the State of VietNam, 1949-54 (August, 1954) The cease-fire- an appraisal (September, 1954) Settlement at Geneva- then and now (May,1965) 2 The north: two decades of revolutionThe grass-roots rebellion (March,1954) Crisis in the North (January,1957) Inside Hanoi (November, 1962) A contemporary profile (July, 1965)3 The South: stillborn experiment? Religion in politics (July, 1955) Danger signs (May, 1958) The birth of insurgency (July, 1958)The Montagnards (October, 1964) The agonizing reappraisal (February, 1965) The scars of division (July, 1964) 4 The unseen enemyCommunist military tactics (October, 1956)The Viet-Cong (April, 1965) The new communist army (September, 1965)5 The west at bayThe stakes in Southeast Asia (November, 1962)Full circle, 1954-64 (May, 1964) The roots of conflict (January, 1965)6 The second Indochina warThe impersonal war (October, 1965) The statistics of war (July, 1965)The year of the Hawks (December, 1965)Old war, new war (March, 1966)EpilogueBibliographyIndex

    Displaying his characteristic wit and insight, Paper Lion was met with both critical and commercial success, and inspired a movie starring Alan Alda. The late