How to Tell When You're Tired: A Brief Examination of Work
"This is an absolutely wonderful book about work, our blessing and our curse. What makes it so exhilarating is that it was written, not by a cool and detached scholar, but by a working man. Eloquent and witty, it may become something of a classic."—Studs Terkel

A longshoreman on the San Francisco waterfront for over thirty years, Reg Theriault distills that experience into a wry, knowing, tough-minded book that finally gives voice to the thoughts and conditions of laboring men and women. It is an engaging and moving defense of the working class's right to its portion of credit and dignity for building, job by dirty, demanding job, the civilization we inhabit. Here is a book George Orwell would understand—and applaud.
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How to Tell When You're Tired: A Brief Examination of Work
"This is an absolutely wonderful book about work, our blessing and our curse. What makes it so exhilarating is that it was written, not by a cool and detached scholar, but by a working man. Eloquent and witty, it may become something of a classic."—Studs Terkel

A longshoreman on the San Francisco waterfront for over thirty years, Reg Theriault distills that experience into a wry, knowing, tough-minded book that finally gives voice to the thoughts and conditions of laboring men and women. It is an engaging and moving defense of the working class's right to its portion of credit and dignity for building, job by dirty, demanding job, the civilization we inhabit. Here is a book George Orwell would understand—and applaud.
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How to Tell When You're Tired: A Brief Examination of Work

How to Tell When You're Tired: A Brief Examination of Work

by Reg Theriault
How to Tell When You're Tired: A Brief Examination of Work

How to Tell When You're Tired: A Brief Examination of Work

by Reg Theriault

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"This is an absolutely wonderful book about work, our blessing and our curse. What makes it so exhilarating is that it was written, not by a cool and detached scholar, but by a working man. Eloquent and witty, it may become something of a classic."—Studs Terkel

A longshoreman on the San Francisco waterfront for over thirty years, Reg Theriault distills that experience into a wry, knowing, tough-minded book that finally gives voice to the thoughts and conditions of laboring men and women. It is an engaging and moving defense of the working class's right to its portion of credit and dignity for building, job by dirty, demanding job, the civilization we inhabit. Here is a book George Orwell would understand—and applaud.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393315578
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 01/17/1997
Series: Norton Paperbacks
Edition description: REPRINT
Pages: 188
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Reg Theriault's first job was nailing packing crates together during the California fruit harvest, followed by a long career as a fruit tramp in the western United States. Now retired from longshoring, he lives in San Francisco.
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