Voices of the displaced
History doesn't have to be told by the victor. Sometime the best accounts come from the mouths of ordinary people who've been at the sharp end of extraordinary events.Article on Dave Eggers' fascinating oral history project.
Keyword: Katrina
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I'd love to check it out. Wish people weren't so sniffy about oral history or oral testimony. Some of my favourite books are the oral history works by Studs Terkel and the late Tony Parker.
I am a Studs Terkel fan too, but I've never read Tony Parker.