Growing Up by Russell Baker, Gilbert Riswold
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(Mass Market Paperback - Reissue)
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Pub. Date: June 1992
- ISBN-13: 9780451168382
- Sales Rank: 26,345
- 352pp
- Edition Description: Reissue
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- Paperback - Reissue
Synopsis
Russell Baker is the 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner for Distinguished Commentary and a columnist for The New York Times. This book 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.
Richard Lingeman
''Growing Up'' is touching and funny, a hopeless muddle of sadness and laughter that bears a suspicious resemblance to real life....Like all the best humor, Mr. Baker's is grounded in truth and mellowed by a sense of the sadness in things.... His laughs are distilled from the juices of life. He draws from a time and a world very much in the American grain: memories of listening to grown-ups rocking on the porch and sonorously reciting cliches or of Depression evenings in Baltimore spent around the kitchen table with endless talk and cups of coffee. -- New York Times
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April 16, 2008: My rationale for selecting this book is that it is very easy to read and understand. I enjoyed reading about Russell's childhood experiences. The greatest impact that this book has on society today is the importance of learning about your past and then passing it on to your children and other generations. Because we all come from our past and this knowledge should be shared to help society understand the reasons for some of our actions.
Show a little gumption!by Anonymous
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November 13, 2007: I loved this book. Baker uses dry humor and emotion to take readers on a revealing and powerful journey through the hardships of the Great Depression. Baker is very strong-willed. When you read about his childhood, you can tell that he is able to cope with many difficult situations. His mother also teaches him the motivation to better himself that everyone should be taught. You should read this book if you enjoy historical facts coalesced with real emotions and family anecdotes.
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