WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY " Baker is] a precious national resource."--Neil Postman, bestselling author of Conscientious Objections and Amusing Ourselves to Death In this heartfelt memoir by the Masterpiece Theatre host, Pulitzer Prize-winner, and groundbreaking New York Times columnist, Russell Baker traces his youth in the mountains of rural Virginia.
When Baker was only five, his father died. His mother, strong-willed and matriarchal, never looked back. After all, she had three children to raise. These were Depression years,...
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY " Baker is] a precious national resource."--Neil Postman, bestselling author of Conscientious ...
George Orwell's timeless fable--a parable for would-be liberators everywhere, glimpsed through the lens of our own history. As ferociously fresh as it was more than a half century ago, this remarkable allegory of a downtrodden society of overworked, mistreated animals, and their quest to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality is one of the most scathing satires ever published. As we witness the rise and bloody fall of the revolutionary animals, we begin to recognize the seeds of totalitarianism in the most idealistic organization; and in our most charismatic leaders,...
George Orwell's timeless fable--a parable for would-be liberators everywhere, glimpsed through the lens of our own history. As ferociously ...
