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1) Growing up
Author
Publisher
Congdon & Weed
Pub. Date
1982
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
278 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
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...