Men and women representing a variety of occupations, describe the daily routine of their jobs and express their grievances, aims, and dreams

Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Preface 1. Who built the pyramids? -- Mike LeFevre [Steelworker] -- Preface 2. Who spreads the news? -- Billy Carpenter [Newsboy] -- Cliff Pickens [Newsboy] -- Terry Pickens [Newsboy] -- Preface 3. Mason -- Carl Murray Bates [Stonemason] --

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Working the land -- Pierce Walker, farmer -- Roberto Acuna, farm worker -- Aunt Katherine Haynes, farm woman -- Joe and Susie Haynes, deep miner and his wife -- Rob Sanders, strip miner -- Hub Dillard, heavy equipment operator --

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[pt. 1].

Communication -- Sharon Atkins, receptionist -- Frances Swenson, hotel switchboard operator -- Heather Lamb, telephone operator -- Jack Hunter, professor of communications --

[pt. 2].

A pecking order -- Terry Mason, airline stewardess -- Beryl Simpson, airline reservationist -- Jill Torrance, model -- Anne Bogan, executive secretary -- Roberta Victor, hook --

[pt. 3].

Did you ever hear the one about the farmer's daughter? -- Barbara Herrick, writer/producer --

[pt. 4].

Commercial -- John Fortune, copy chief -- Arny Freeman, actor -- Rip Torn, actor -- Eddie Jaffe, press agent -- Richard Mann, installment dealer -- Enid du Bois, telephone solicitor

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[pt. 1].

Cleaning up -- Nick Salerno, sanitation truck driver -- Roy Schmidt, garbage man -- Louis Hayward, washroom attendant -- Lincoln James, factory mechanic -- Maggie Holmes, domestic -- Eric Hoellen, janitor --

[pt. 2].

Watching -- Fritz Ritter, doorman -- Vincent Maher, policeman -- Renault Robinson, policeman -- Anthony Ruggiero, industrial investigator -- Jill Freedman, photographer -- Pauline Kael, film critic --

bk. 4.

Demon lover --

[pt. 1].

Making -- Phil Stallings, spot-welder -- Jim Grayson, spot-welder -- Hobart Foote, utility man -- Ned Williams, stock chaser -- tom Brand, plant manager -- Wheeler Stanley, general foreman -- Gary Bryner, president, Lordstown Local, UAW --

[pt. 2].

Driving -- Booker Page, cabdriver -- Lucky Miller, cabdriver -- Will Robinson, bus driver -- Frank Decker, interstate trucker --

[pt. 3].

Parking -- Alfred Pommier, car hiker --

[pt. 4].

Selling -- Johnny Bosworth, car salesman --

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[pt. 1].

Appearance -- Sam Mature, barber -- Edward and Hazel Zimmer, hair stylists -- Jean Stanley, cosmetics saleswoman -- Dr. Stephen Bartlett, dentist -- Doc Pritchard, hotel clerk -- Hots Michaels, bar pianist -- Teddy Grodowski, elevator starter -- Tim Devlin, janitor, ex-salesman --

[pt. 2].

Counting -- Nancy Rogers, bank teller -- Fred Roman, auditor --

[pt. 3].

Footwork -- Jack Spiegel, organizer -- Alice Washington, order filler, shoe factory -- John Fuller, mail carrier -- Conrad Swibel, gas meter reader -- Brett Hauser, supermarket box boy -- Babe Secoli, supermarket checker -- Thomas Rush, skycap -- Grace Clements, felter, luggage factory -- Delores Dante, waitress --

[pt. 4].

Just a housewife -- Therese Carter -- Jesusita Novarro

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[pt. 1].

Quiet life -- Donna Murray, bookbinder -- Nino Guidici, pharmacist -- Eugene Russell, piano tuner --

[pt. 2].

Brokers -- Margaret Richards, realty broker -- James Carson, yacht broker -- David Reed Glover, stockbroker -- Ray Wax, stockbroker --

[pt. 3].

Bureaucracy -- Steve Carmichael, project coordinator -- Lilith Reynolds, government relations coordinator -- Diane Wilson, process clerk --

[pt. 4].

Organizer -- Bill Talcott --

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[pt. 1].

Sporting life -- Eddie Arroyo, jockey -- Steve Hamilton, baseball player -- Blackie Mason, sports press agent -- Jeanne Douglas, tennis player -- Eric Nesterenko, hockey player -- George Allen, football coach --

[pt. 2].

In charge -- Ward Quaal, TV/radio executive -- Dave Bender, factory owner -- Ernest Bradshaw, audit department head, bank -- Peter Keeley, ex-boss -- Lois Keeley Novak, his daughter -- Larry Ross, ex-president of conglomerate; consultant --

[pt. 3].

Ma and Pa courage -- George and Irene Brewer --

[pt. 4].

Reflections on idleness and retirement -- Barbara Terwilliger, idleness -- Bill Norworth, retired railroad engineer -- Joe Zmuda, ex-shipping clerk

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[pt. 1].

Age of Charlie Blossom -- Charlie Blossom, copy boy -- Steven Simonyi-Gindele, publisher -- Tom McCoy, proofreader -- Ralph Werner, department store salesman -- Bud Freeman, jazz musician -- Ken Brown, executive -- Kay Stepkin, director of bakery cooperative -- Cathleen Moran, hospital aide --

[pt. 2].

Cradle to grave -- Ruth Lindstrom, baby nurse -- Rose Hoffman, public school teacher -- Pat Zimmerman, alternative school teacher -- Kitty Scanlan, occupational therapist -- Betsy DeLacy, patients' representative -- Carmelita Lester, practical nurse, old people's home -- Herbert Bach, memorial counselor -- Elmer Ruiz, gravedigger --

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[pt. 1].

Quiz kid and the carpenter -- Bruce Fletcher, tree nursery attendant -- Nick Lindsay, carpenter/poet --

[pt. 2].

In search of a calling -- Nora Watson, editor -- Walter Lundquist, industrial designer -- Rebecca Sweeney, nun to naprapath --

[pt. 3].

Second chance -- Fred Ringley, ex-salesman; farmer -- Philip da Vinci, lawyer -- Sarah Houghton, librarian -- Mario Anichini, stone cutter --

[pt. 4].

Fathers and sons -- Glen Stribling, service station owner -- Dave Stribling, his son and partner -- Steve Dubi, steelworker -- Father Leonard Dubi, his son, a priest -- Jack Currier, teacher, adult education -- Harold Patrick, freight elevator operator -- Bob Patrick, policeman -- Tom Patrick, fireman