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Description edit
This is Russell Baker's story of growing up in America between the world wars--in the backwoods mountains of Virginia, in a New Jersey commuter town, and finally in the Depression-shadowed urban landscape of Baltimore.
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Characters/People edit
- Doris: Add a description of this character.
- Mimi
- Pat
- Ida Rebecca
- Russell Baker
- Uncle Allen
- Uncle Hal
- Uncle Charlie
- Buddy
- Walter
- Audrey
- George
- Uncle Harold
- Tom
- Mr. Fleagle
- Annie
- Edwin
- Benny
- Frankie
- Papa
- Mary Leslie
- Mama
- Jack
- Willie
- Dear Elizabeth
- Bessie
- Goldie
- Roosevelt
- Moe Simon
- Miller
- Nino
- Mussolini
- Joe Louis
- Morrisonville
- Laraine
- Hitler
- Oluf
- Joseph
- Jerry
- Mason
First Sentence edit
At the age of eighty my mother had her last bad fall, and after that her mind wandered free through time.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Short Stories We've Read. (standard series)
This book is in 100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide. (authoritative list)
This is book 1983 of 96 in Pultizer Prize Winners - Biography or Autobiography. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Russell Baker (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Congdon & Weed
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 278
Publisher: Congdon & Weed
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 278
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 070.924
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