| Description |
xxv, 470 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Prologue. Miss U.S.A. : Emma Knight ; The stream : Leonel I. Castillo -- 1. Onward and upward. The boss : Wallace Rasmussen, Gaylord Freeman, S. B. Fuller, Jim Vrettos, Dan O'Brien, Bill Veeck ; The hired gun, the travelin' lady, the wanderin' kid, and the Indian : Jay Slabaugh, Rosalie Sorrells, Ann Banks, Vine Deloria ; Fantasia : Jill Robinson, Joan Crawford, Sharon Fox, Carey Edwards, Ted Turner, John Fielding ; True believer : Matt Matejkowski -- 2. Canaan land. Arriving: then : Andy Johnson, Vernon Jarrett, Thomas Boylston Adams, Angelo Rocco, Stanley Cygan, Dora Rosenzweig ; Generations: first and second : Norman Maclean, Florence Scala, Stella Nowicki, Leon Duncan, Rafael Rosa ; Arriving: now : Arnold Schwartzenegger, Karlis Enins, Miguel Cortez, Anastasias (Andy) Kostelis ; Going and coming : Jenny Bird, Peggy Terry -- 3. In the country. Stirrings in the field : Herschel Ligon, Jessie de la Cruz ; Them : Aki and Jun Kurose ; Girl of the golden west : Ramona Bennett ; Sowing on the mountain : Florence Reese, Joe Begley, Gaynell Begley ; The diploma : Hartman Turnbow, C. P. Ellis -- 4. In the city. Neighborhood boy : Ben Green, Ken Jackson, Bill Lesko, Roger Tuttrup, Bob Luce, Ed Sadlowski ; Neighborhood familiar : Ray Kaepplinger, Ruth Curry, Charlie Dellakamp, Claire Hellstern ; Alone : George Malley ; Stirrings in the neighborhood : Mary Lou Wolff, Nancy Jefferson -- 5. Dreams : public and private. Visions : John Howard Griffin, George Putnam, Elizabeth Ross, Mrs. George Upham Baylies, Dr. Whitney Addington, Erma "Tiny" Motton ; Winning : Lee Kunzman, Claude Humphrey ; Gathering and letting go : Mildred Olmstead, Stephen Cruz, Linda Christianson, Carol and Tony Danlow, Helen and Scott Nearing ; Mother & son : Dorothy Lawson McCall, Tom McCall -- 6. They also serve. Politics : James Abourezk, Jesse Helms, Dennis Kucinich, Vito Marzullo, Coleman Young ; John and Karl : John McClaughery, Karl Hess ; A homily on duty : Frank Willis ; Editor and publisher : Pat andTom Gish, Bob Brown, Jann Wenner, Ron McCrea -- 7. The young : spectators and gladiators. The girl next-door : Linda Haas ; The graduates : Sam Lopez, Rose Rigsby ; The girl across the tracks : Sarah Palmer ; Family portraits : Frank Mueller, Beth Campbell ; A certain smile : Jennifer Taylor, Pandarik Das (Harold Lewis) ; Touching thirty : Bruce Bendinger, Jodean Culbert, Tom Burns, William Gothard, Sam Lovejoy -- Epilogue. The woods : Bob Ziak ; The train : Clarence Spencer |
| Summary |
Presents 100 interviews with a cross section of American people, both famous and non-famous, who discuss their personal lives and ambitions |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : Pantheon, 1980 |
| Subject |
Ambition.
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Americans -- Interviews.
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Interviews.
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National characteristics, American.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139912
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140543
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
80007703 |
| ISBN |
0394507932 |
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