Russell Baker

August 14, 1925

Born in Morrisonville, Virginia

Longtime New York Times columnist and winner of two Pulitzers. Best known for writing the memoir Growing Up. One of the great American newspaper columnists of the twentieth century - in case you are wondering, there are no great American newspaper columnists in the twenty-first century.

Quote

"All politicians are humble, and seldom let you forget it."

Off-Site Resource

Read Growing Up or The Good Times

Bibliography

An American in Washington - 1961

Baker's Dozen - 1964

No Cause for Panic - 1964

All Things Considered - 1965

Our Next President - 1968

Poor Russell's Almanac - 1971

So This is Depravity - 1980

Growing Up - 1982

The Rescue of Miss Yaskell and Other Pipe Dreams - 1983

The Good Times - 1989

There's a Country in My Cellar - 1990

Looking Back - 2002

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