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Also Known As	Louis Terkel
Born	May 16, 1912 • New York City • New York
Died	October 31, 2008 (aged 96) • Chicago • Illinois
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works	“American Dreams, Lost and Found” • “Division Street: America” • “Good War, The” • “Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression” • “Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession” • “Studs’s Place” • “The Wax Museum” • “Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do”

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