23
Talking to Myself
(The New Press, 1995, p. 150).
24
When the war came along, everyone split up and went different places. Some to the West Coast, others to the East. Charlie DeSheim went to New York and became a member of the Group Theater. He was Nick the bartender in William Saroyan's
The Time of Your Life
. Charlie was bigâhe had an Orson Wellesâtype contract to go to Hollywood, but he caught phlebitis and died. William Saroyan spoke at his services.
25
Ida always called me Louis, never Studs. The nickname came about during my first appearance in
Waiting for Lefty
. Two other guys in the cast were named Louis, which made for some confusion. At the time, I was entranced by the writings of James T. Farrell and his Studs Lonigan trilogy. Everyone started calling me Studs.
26
Circuit riders were traveling preachers in the mountain country. They'd stop wherever there was a church, white or black. Their interpretation of the Bible was as a workingman's book.
27
The Great Divide: Second Thoughts on the American Dream
(Pantheon, 1988, p. 106).
28
Also in the group: the great educator Myles Horton, head of Highlander Folk School; Aubrey Williams, an inspiring Southerner, head of the National Youth Administration; and a preacher by the name of Claude Williams, who brought a real Christ of flesh and blood, an organizer, to churches when he organized the tobacco workersâhe was tarred and feathered at times, too.
29
Talking to Myself
(The New Press, 1995, pp. 127â129).
30
Jan was the son of the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal, who wrote
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy
and whose later books were being published by André Schiffrin at Pantheon.
31
Chicago has many Appalachians, mountain people, poor whites, as well as a tremendous number of Southern blacksâthe inner migration.
32
Working
has now sold over a million copies in various editions. (Ed.)
33
Helene, a good swimmer, drowned trying to save some children in Lake Michigan.
34
From
Division Street:America
(The New Press, 2006, p. 71).
35
From
Division Street:America
(The New Press, 2006, p. 63).
36
From
Division Street: America
(The New Press, 2006, p. 69).
37
From
Division Street: America
(The New Press, 2006, p. 326).
38
From
Division Street:America
(The New Press, 2006, p. 325).
39
From
Division Street: America
(The New Press, 2006, p. 327).
40
From
Division Street: America
(The New Press, 2006, p. 330).
41
Ida is named Eileen Barth in
Hard Times
.
42
Talking to Myself
(The New Press, 1995, p. 336).
43
She is called Lucy Jefferson in
Hard Times
.
44
Division Street:America
(The New Press, 1993, p. 14).
45
Dr. Marvin Jackson is currently Flight Surgeon, midwestern region of the FAA.
46
Distinguished nineteenth-century neurologist.
47
Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession
(The New Press, 1992, p. 53).
48
The WPA guides of every state are the best in the country; they had the most talented writers working on them and they make for great reading. Not only were they guides to places to visit, historic sites, and the like, they included anecdotal material, folklore, and songs.
49
Chicago City on the Make
(Doubleday, 1951, p. 91).
50
Point of Departure
(McGraw Hill, 1969, pp. 71â72).
51
Adapted in part from
Talking to Myself
(The New Press, 1995, p. 239).
52
General David Sarnoff, a pioneer in radio and television, eventually became the president of Radio Corporation of America (RCA).
53
A Godly Hero:The Life of William Jennings Bryan
by Michael Kazin (Knopf, 2006).
54
The Great Divide: Second Thoughts on the American Dream
(Pantheon, 1988, pp. 47â52).
55
Billy Sunday was an influential American evangelist during the early decades of the twentieth century.
56
Giuseppe Mazzini was an influential Italian philosopher, patriot, and politician whose efforts were instrumental in creating the
Risorgimento
of Italy, its unification as one nation.
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