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Growing up / Russell Baker

By:

Baker, Russell [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Thorndike, Maine : Thorndike Press, c1982Description: 438 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

896214249

Subject(s):

AUTHORS(AMERICAN) -- BIOGRAPHIES -- JOURNALISTS

LOC classification:

FIC .B35 1982

Summary: In this heartfelt memoir by the Masterpiece Theatre host, Pulitzer Prize winner, and groundbreaking New York Times columnist, Russell Baker traces his youth in the mountains of rural Virginia. When Baker was only five, his father died. His mother, strong-willed and matriarchal, never looked back. After all, she had three children to raise. These were Depression years, and Mrs. Baker moved her fledgling family to Baltimore. Baker's mother was determined her children would succeed, and we know her regimen worked for Russell. He did everything from delivering papers to hustling subscriptions for the Saturday Evening Post. As is often the case, early hardships made the man.

Item type:

Books - Fiction

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books - Fiction	National University - Manila	LRC - Annex Fiction	Fiction	FIC .B35 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000003728

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In this heartfelt memoir by the Masterpiece Theatre host, Pulitzer Prize winner, and groundbreaking New York Times columnist, Russell Baker traces his youth in the mountains of rural Virginia. When Baker was only five, his father died. His mother, strong-willed and matriarchal, never looked back. After all, she had three children to raise. These were Depression years, and Mrs. Baker moved her fledgling family to Baltimore. Baker's mother was determined her children would succeed, and we know her regimen worked for Russell. He did everything from delivering papers to hustling subscriptions for the Saturday Evening Post. As is often the case, early hardships made the man.

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