European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                When Terkel walks chicagoan make sure he listens by Frank j. Prial the new York times the Mercedes came tooling Down Michigan Avenue in Chicago. It swerved to the curb and a White woman in her 30s poked her head out the passenger Side window. A emr. Terkel a she called. A ooh or. Terkel we read your Book. We loved it thank you so  the Little Guy on the sidewalk smiled and gave a sort of half Bow As the car drove off. Two blocks farther along a Young Black bicycle messenger was waiting for a traffic Light to change. He saw the Little Guy and his eyes lit up. A they a he said. A they studs. I got your Book. In a going to read it  and so it went a fellow on the Bridge Over the River the clerks in the Cigar store the Man at the dry cleaners. A hello or.  a they  was there anything unusual in All this the Little Guy was asked. A nah everyone around Here knows me that a  everybody in Chicago studs Terkel was on his Way to lunch at Riccar does an old hangout about a 20-minute walk from his office on East Wacker drive. Riccardo a unleashed a flood of reminiscence. A there were a dozen papers once. Everyone turned up at the bar. Algren and i used to sit right Over there a he said. A sometimes Mauldin would join us. The sessions would go on and  but times had changed. A i come in with Royko once in a while a he said a for Bill Newman from the Sun times but that a it. My luncheon companions a two Guys. And even Royko is from a younger generation. I go by wars he a Korea i was world War  studs Terkel is 80, and there Are those who would say he is at the Pinnacle of his career. His latest Book race How Blacks and Whites think and feel about the american obsession new press 1992has received immense critical acclaim. Also it made him the commentator of the hour a few weeks ago appearing As it press gently did just Sixkil \ ii w s by Charles Solomon los Angeles times paperbacks of note the Shogun s reluctant ambassadors japans a sea drifters in the North Pacific by Katherine Plummer Oregon historical society press. In an Effort to enforce its xenophobic policies the Tokugawa shoguns placed severe limits on shipbuilding technology and navigational techniques and forbade anyone who left Japan to return under penalty of death. But the seas surrounding the japanese archipelago Are wracked by storms and unpredictable currents ships were often carried across the Pacific to the Kamchatka Peninsula Alaska and even Baja California. The survivors of these arduous journeys established contacts Between Japan and the United states Britain and Russia Long before Commodore Perry a a opened the country in 1853. Drawing on suppressed accounts Plummer traces the curious routes that took some of the japanese sailors As far As St. Petersburg and Washington d.c., where they met Catherine the great and Abraham Lincoln. Following the Bloom across America with the migratory beekeepers by David Whynott Beacon press. Studs Terkel wrote race How Blacks and Whites think and feel about the american obsession. Weeks before the Rodney King beating verdict and the riots that followed it. His radio interview program now in its fourth decade is More popular than Ever and he has enough projects to keep him Busy past his Centenary. A retire never. In a going out toes  he is Short about 5 feet 5, and walks with a Slouch that makes him look even Shorter. His uniform a he rarely varies from it a consists of rumpled Slacks a Blue Blazer Over an open necked red checked shirt and a fire engine red sweater with socks to match. His thinning hair once Black is almost Blond. He Combs it by running his fingers through it from time to time. A when you get older your Frame of reference does no to work anymore. I remember the 48 Henry Wallace Campaign. I remember Martin Barton and fish. But its not just me. We  a country with no revered past no yesterday. Its like a National alzheimer a. There a a Guy with the mets Vince Coleman who says he never heard of Jackie  the conversation ranges. A you know Harold Washington read books can you imagine a mayor of Chicago who read books a a in be got this hearing Aid. Ronnie Reagan has two. Of course there a nothing in Between  beekeeping has become a big business in the United states an estimated 212,000 keepers own More than 4 million hives. Although the popularity of natural foods has led to an increase in consumption Honey production is less important than pollination. The excessive use of pesticides has destroyed so Many insects that bees Are shifted around the country to pollinate crops Worth More than $3 billion a year. In this engagingly offbeat study Whynott explores the human Side of beekeeping travelling with the men and women who truck millions of bees from state to state struggling with mechanical breakdowns bears Bee diseases parasitic mites and increasing Competition for Choice Sites. He also presents evidence that the notorious Africani Zed a a killer bees have begun to arrive in the United states despite efforts to eradicate them. The Orang fish by Carol Shields Penguin. Shields infuses her stories of contemporary metropolitan life with a pleasant irony. In Hazel a self effacing widow stuns her friends and children with her newfound aplomb when she takes a Job demonstrating Kitchen gadgets. The title Story focuses on an upscale Young couple who discover an extraordinary lithograph has changed their lives a then see the magic undone by a flood of cheap copies. Billy Watson s Croker sack by Franklin Burroughs Houghton Mifflin. Burroughs reflects on the differences Ami similarities of growing up in Maine and South c Aroma in this collection of personal a Sassy s i is i i i knew York times list fiction 1 jewels by Danielle steel last week 1 weeks on list 2 z All around its town by Mary Higgins Clark last week 2. Works in list St 3 the Pelican Brief by John Grisham last week 3. Weeks on list 11 4 Quot i Quot it for innocent by sue Grafton last week 4, weeks on list 5 5 Oft so Peacoe you la of by or. Seuss last week 7. 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