Oral History

Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.

Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Inside Story of The Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It
When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History
Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History
Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos
The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series
Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office
Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused
Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion
Rikers: An Oral History
Secrets of the Force: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars
But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the ’60s Girl Groups
Hollywood: The Oral History
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
War's Unwomanly Face
The Good War: An Oral History of World War II
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Daisy Jones & The Six
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
The Daily Show (The Audiobook): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests
I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisGullah Folktales from the Georgia Coast by Charles Colcock Jones Jr.Foxfire 2 by Eliot WiggintonStorytellers by John A. BurrisonBrothers in Clay by John A. Burrison
Georgia Folklife and Folk Cultures
79 books — 2 voters
This Star Won't Go Out by Esther EarlMy Dearest Diary by Cathy CornelliaYoko's Diary by Paul HamThe Soul of Adolescence by Patricia LyonsSome Assembly Required by Arin Andrews
YA's Speak (In Own Words)
23 books — 5 voters

Live from New York by Tom ShalesAlright, Alright, Alright by Melissa MaerzI Want My MTV by Craig MarksWelcome to Dunder Mifflin by Brian BaumgartnerLoose Balls by Terry Pluto
Best Oral Histories
111 books — 14 voters

Live from New York by Tom ShalesThose Guys Have All the Fun by James Andrew MillerAll the Pieces Matter by Jonathan AbramsPowerhouse by James Andrew MillerFor The Love by Kevin McDormand
Oral Histories
6 books — 2 voters


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Gayl Jones
My great-grandmama told my grandma the part she lived through that my grandma didn't live through and my grandma told my mama what they both didn't live through and my mama told me. ...more
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Eric Overby
She tells stories of working beside her father, cleaning out fence rows with his sling blade and hoe. Her stories help me to see, as we work together, that history is being made as it gets told. Passed on as it passes by.
Eric Overby, Journey

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