Americans are hard-working people, but some people, as we meet here, are just not cut out for 9 to 5 office jobs. After meeting a farmer and his beloved draft horses, we are introduced to a rodeo bull rider, a fire fighter, a white-water rafting guide, a traveling circus worker, a railroad mechanic, a nature photographer, a sheep herder and his dog and, lastly, a donut maker. All of them share a common bond, they love the work they do.

A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: “Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking.” —The Boston Globe
 
A National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller
 
Studs Terkel’s classic oral history Working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one...

"An assemblage of selections from classical literature that celebrate country living-what Roman authors called res rusticate"--