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Growing Up

Russell Baker

Paperback | Pages: 352 pages

Rating: 4.09 | 6636 Users | 333 Reviews

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Title	:	Growing Up
Author	:	Russell Baker
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	June 2nd 1992 by Signet (first published June 2nd 1982)
Categories	:	Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Biography. Biography Memoir

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This Pulitzer Prize-winner is "the saddest, funniest, most tragical yet comical picture of coming of age in the U.S.A. in the Depresson years and World War II that has ever been written."—Harrison Salisbury.

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Original Title:	Growing Up
ISBN:	0451168380 (ISBN13: 9780451168382)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1983), National Book Award Finalist for Autobiography/Biography (Hardcover) (1983)

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Ratings: 4.09 From 6636 Users | 333 Reviews

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I read this book in the 10th grade for a school project and fell in love. Funny, warm, witty--an absolute joy to read. Russel Baker is best known for writing a column in the NY Times called Poor Russel's Almanac, and Growing Up is a memoir about his own childhood growing up in 1930's America. He is a real-life Charlie Brown, who looks back upon his own bumblings and foibles with humor and grace. It is one of my father's favorite books as well, and I feel that pretty much anyone with half a heart

This is an autobiography by Russell Baker that actually begins before he was born. In truth it's as much a biography of his mother as it is about him growing up during the depression, attending college against all odds, becoming a pilot while the second world war comes to a conclusion, becoming a newspaper man, meeting the love of his life against his mother's approval and so on...life is a poignant struggle made all the more extraordinary by just how ordinary it was. I found it thoroughly

Growing Up by Russell BakerAs with many of the books in my want to read list Ive already read this book and because I liked it so much I wanted to be sure to say so in a review. I remember Russell Baker from Masterpiece Theater. I always liked his low key manner and humor. So when I saw this Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir I wanted to read it. Bakers mother was a major figure in his life and this story. She was a strong woman and would not accept laziness or failure which was a good thing for

Russell Baker begins his memoir with a child's eye-view of a blissful life in the rural mountains (?) of Virginia with his mother, father, an abundance of Baker uncles and a much-loved grandmother . In later childhood and in adolescence he experienced the Great Depression in Newark NJ and Baltimore, mostly while living amongst some equally interesting maternal uncles. He speaks of the three strong women who influenced him - strength being not always an entirely positive attribute...I was

All the ingredients are here for a lively, interesting read. A child growing up during the depression, a family trying to make ends meet. A real page turner, right? Well.Its not often someone writes an autobiography that virtually stops at the age of 18. Besides books, Russell growing up had no particular interests. So this reads kind of like an episode of Seinfeld. I wont say its about nothing, but if you expect big cosmic revelations youre going to be disappointed.As can happen with a book

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Loved the book! I will definitely read it again. I have already earmarked all my favorite passages. This book talks about a time when life was simpler. Russell grows up in 1920s/30s America. He grows up when America is going through the great depression and World War 2. Tough times to grow up in, but the people in his life prod along with unbeatable optimism and hope for the future. This book is funny/witty/poignant/memorable/sad/happy all at the same time. My favorite passage in the book is