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Russell Baker

4/5 ( ratings)
Born
August 13 1925
Died
2020 01 20192019
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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 . His 1983 autobiography, Growing Up earned him a second Pulitzer. In 1993, Baker began hosting the PBS television series Masterpiece Theatre.

Neil Postman, in the preface to Conscientious Objections, describes Baker as "like some fourth century citizen of Rome who is amused and intrigued by the Empire's collapse but who still cares enough to mock the stupidities that are hastening its end. He is, in my opinion, a precious national resource, and as long as he does not get his own television show, America will remain stronger than Russia."

Russell Baker

4/5 ( ratings)
Born
August 13 1925
Died
2020 01 20192019
Website
Go to Website
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 . His 1983 autobiography, Growing Up earned him a second Pulitzer. In 1993, Baker began hosting the PBS television series Masterpiece Theatre.

Neil Postman, in the preface to Conscientious Objections, describes Baker as "like some fourth century citizen of Rome who is amused and intrigued by the Empire's collapse but who still cares enough to mock the stupidities that are hastening its end. He is, in my opinion, a precious national resource, and as long as he does not get his own television show, America will remain stronger than Russia."

Books from Russell Baker

My Life and Hard Times

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Good Times

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Growing Up

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Russell Baker's Book of American Humor

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The Norton Book of Light Verse

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The Year's Best SF 10

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There's a Country in My Cellar

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The New Treasury of Great Humorists

3.2/5 ( ratings)

The Rescue of Miss Yaskell: And Other Pipe Dreams

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Our Mothers' Spirits: Great Writers on the Death of Mothers and the Grief of Men

3.4/5 ( ratings)

Shape Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales About Humans Who Can Change Their Shapes

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Growing Up

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Fear and Loathing in George W. Bush's Washington

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Propaganda and Other Photographs

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Animal Farm

3.7/5 ( ratings)

DIY Survival Secrets: Survive When SHTF & Society Collapses!

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Every Other Weekend: My Fight for Access

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Looking Back

3.7/5 ( ratings)
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