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Russell Baker

Born

in Morrisonville, Virginia, The United States

August 14, 1925

Died

January 21, 2019

Website

http://freethoughtalmanac.com/?p=2898

Genre

Nonfiction, Journalism, Memoir

Influences

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On August 14, 1925, US journalist, humorist and biographer Russell Baker was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. His father died early on and his hard-working mother reared him and his sisters during the Great Depression. Baker managed to get himself into Johns Hopkins University, where he studied journalism.

Baker’s wit as a humorist has been compared with that of Mark Twain. “The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer,” wrote Baker, “and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn’t require any.” In 1979, Baker received his first Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in his “Observer” column for the New York Times (1962 to 1998). His 1983 autobiography, Growing Up earned ...more

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	Growing Up 4.10 avg rating — 7,455 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Times really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 414 ratings — published 1989 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So This Is Depravity and Other Observations 4.02 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1981 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norton Book of Light Verse 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Russell Baker's Book of American Humor 3.50 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rescue of Miss Yaskell: And Other Pipe Dreams 3.68 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There's a Country In My Cellar: 3.48 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Treasury of Great Humorists by Russell Baker, Dave Barry (Goodreads Author), Art Buchwald 3.31 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking Back (New York Review Books Classics) 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Gumption 3.48 avg rating — 29 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.”
― Russell Baker

tags: children, education, growing-up, parenting

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“The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.”
― Russell Baker

tags: writing

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“New York is the only city in the world where you can get run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.”
― Russell Baker

tags: new-york-city

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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter, General Nonfiction, 1964

14 votes, 25.9%

Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion by Edward J. Larson, History, 1998

7 votes, 13.0%

"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power, General Nonfiction, 2003

7 votes, 13.0%

The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism by Tina Rosenberg, General Nonfiction, 1996

6 votes, 11.1%

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin, General Nonfiction, 2014

6 votes, 11.1%

Growing Up by Russell Baker, Autobiography, 1983

5 votes, 9.3%

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic by Alan Taylor, History 1996

5 votes, 9.3%

Mary Chesnut's Civil War by C. Vann Woodward, History, 1982

4 votes, 7.4%

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