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If you loved Growing Up by Russell Baker, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Literary Figures, and Biography & Autobiography.

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The Good Times — Russell Baker

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Cross Creek — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Death Be Not Proud — John Gunther

Death Be Not Proud

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes — Deirdre Purcell

Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes

Deirdre Purcell

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Thunderclap A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death — Laura Cumming

Thunderclap A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Makes Me Wanna Holler A Young Black Man in America — Nathan McCall

Makes Me Wanna Holler A Young Black Man in America

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

The Education of Kevin Powell A Boy’s Journey Into Manhood — Kevin Powell

The Education of Kevin Powell A Boy’s Journey Into Manhood

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Fear and Loathing in America The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist — Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing in America The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist

Hunter S. Thompson

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections — Nora Ephron

I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Night: Memorial Edition — Elie Wiesel

Night: Memorial Edition

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

The World According to Joan Didion — Evelyn McDonnell

The World According to Joan Didion

Evelyn McDonnell

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

The Chief The Life of William Randolph Hearst — David Nasaw

The Chief The Life of William Randolph Hearst

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Better Than Sane Tales from a Dangling Girl — Alison Rose

Better Than Sane Tales from a Dangling Girl

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

The Boy Detective A New York Childhood — Roger Rosenblatt

The Boy Detective A New York Childhood

Roger Rosenblatt

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Surrendering Oz — Bonnie Friedman

Surrendering Oz

Bonnie Friedman

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Jan Morris Life from Both Sides : a Biography — Paul Clements

Jan Morris Life from Both Sides : a Biography

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

In the Land of Men A Memoir — Adrienne Miller

In the Land of Men A Memoir

Adrienne Miller

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

This Long Pursuit Reflections of a Romantic Biographer — Richard Holmes

This Long Pursuit Reflections of a Romantic Biographer

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

The Friday Afternoon Club A Family Memoir — Griffin Dunne

The Friday Afternoon Club A Family Memoir

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Frank Harris — Philippa Pullar

Philippa Pullar

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

The Mystery of Charles Dickens — A. N. Wilson

The Mystery of Charles Dickens

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Where the Past Begins A Writer’s Memoir — Amy Tan

Where the Past Begins A Writer’s Memoir

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Gellhorn A Twentieth-Century Life — Caroline Moorehead

Gellhorn A Twentieth-Century Life

Caroline Moorehead

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Gonzo The Life of Hunter S. Thompson — Corey Seymour

Gonzo The Life of Hunter S. Thompson

Themes: Editors, Journalists, Publishers • Literary Figures • Biography & Autobiography

Fans of Growing Up by Russell Baker will find 24 titles here, all united by Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Literary Figures, Biography & Autobiography. Authors represented include Russell Baker, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, John Gunther, Deirdre Purcell, and others.

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