Hope Dies Last Author:Studs Terkel In Hope Dies Last, Terkel talks with more than fifty Americans--liberals and conservatives, dreamers and do-gooders--to find out what makes these committed souls tick. They include well known figures like economist John Kenneth Galbraith, folksinger Pete Seeger, and Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the plane that dropped the bomb on ... more »Hiroshima. But the book also focuses on the extraordinary lives of ordinary citizens: a death row inmate pardoned after serving nearly twenty years for a crime he did not commit; a teacher in a tough inner-city school; an advocate for the homeless who points out that "Some people have the luxury of losing hope. They can't afford to."
Throughout, Terkel encourages them to speak passionately and candidly about their life's work, and to muse on fundamental questions: Where does hope spring from? How can hope sustain us in troubled times? And how does one instill hope in others?« less