About this author edit data 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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- PublisherDorset Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0880297816
- ISBN 13 9780880297813
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages252
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