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Full Name: Russell Baker
Biography:
(1925-2019) Journalist, writer. Russell Baker was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, and died in Leesburg, Virginia. He moved to New York City in 1974.
Author's Timeline:
1925 (Unknown) County
Russell Wayne Baker was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, on August 14, 1925. 
1974 New York County
Mr. Baker became a columnist for The New York Times in 1962 and retired from his "Observer" column in 1998. He moved to New York City in 1974. He won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. 
2019 (Unknown) County
Russell Baker died at his home in Leesburg, Virginia, on January 21, 2019. 
1982 (Unknown) County
Growing Up
(Pub: Congdon & Weed / Distributed by St. Martin's Press ISBN: 0865530548 / 978-0865530546)
Autobiography and winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for biography. 
2002 (Unknown) County
Looking Back
(Pub: New York Review of Books ISBN: 1590170083 / 978-1590170083)
Collection of essays. 
1961 (Unknown) County
An American in Washington
(Pub: Alfred A. Knopf ISBN: )
Nonfiction. 
1964 (Unknown) County
No Cause for Panic
(Pub: Lippincott ISBN: )
Collection of columns. 
1964 (Unknown) County
Baker's Dozen
(Pub: New York Times ISBN: )
Collection of columns. 
1965 (Unknown) County
All Things Considered
(Pub: J B Lippincott Company ISBN: )
Collection of columns. 
1968 (Unknown) County
Our Next President: The Incredible Story of What Happened in the 1968 Elections
(Pub: Atheneum ISBN: )
Novel. 
1980 (Unknown) County
So This Is Depravity
(Pub: Congdon and Lattáes ISBN: 0865530009 / 978-0865530003)
Collection of essays. 
1989 (Unknown) County
The Good Times
(Pub: William Morrow & Company, Inc. ISBN: 0688061702 / 978-0688061708)
Memoir. 
1983 (Unknown) County
The Rescue of Miss Yaskell: And Other Pipe Dreams
(Pub: Congdon & Weed ISBN: 0312927304 / 978-0312930318)
Collection of essays. 
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