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Listening is an act of love : a celebration of American life from the StoryCorps Project
- Title
- Listening is an act of love : a celebration of American life from the StoryCorps Project / edited and with an introduction by Dave Isay.
- Publication
- London : New York : Penguin Press, 2007.
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- Description
- 284 p. : ill.; 22 cm +
- Summary
- From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps--the largest oral history project in the nation's history--presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they love. StoryCorps began with the idea that everyone has an important story to tell. And since 2003, this remarkable project has been collecting the stories of everyday Americans from all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life and preserving them for future generations. Here, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay selects some of the most remarkable stories from the already vast collection and arranges them thematically into a moving portrait of American life. The voices here connect us to real people and their lives--to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds.--From publisher description.
- Alternative Title
- Ten beloved stories from the StoryCorps Project .
- Subjects
- United States
- United States > Social life and customs > 1945-1970 > Anecdotes
- StoryCorps (Project)
- History
- Since 1945
- United States > History > 1945- > Anecdotes
- National characteristics, American > Anecdotes
- Manners and customs
- Oral history
- United States > Biography > Anecdotes
- Interviews > United States
- Biography > Anecdotes
- United States > Social life and customs > 1971- > Anecdotes
- Anecdotes
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- Biography – Anecdotes.
- History.
- Note
- Accompanied by companion book: Listening is an act of love : ten beloved stories from the StoryCorps Project--and how to record your own and CD: Listening is an act of love : ten beloved stories from the StoryCorps Project.
- Contents
- Home and family -- Work and dedication -- Journeys -- History and struggle -- Fire and water -- The story of StoryCorps -- StoryCorps facilitators, 2003-06 -- Favorite StoryCorps questions.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-2176
- ISBN
- 9781594201615 (set)
- 1594201617 (set)
- 9781594201400
- 1594201404
- OCLC
- 316226739
- Title
- Listening is an act of love : a celebration of American life from the StoryCorps Project / edited and with an introduction by Dave Isay.
- Imprint
- London : New York : Penguin Press, 2007.
- Edition
- Deluxe gift collection.
- Chronological Term
- Since 1945
- Added Author
- Isay, David.StoryCorps (Project)
- Added Title
- Ten beloved stories from the StoryCorps Project .
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-2176 [Text]*BGF-2179 [CD]