![]() ![]() ![]() Lucy eventually met her second husband through Uncle Harold. He entertained Baker with stories about his time in the war. Uncle Harold was a huge influence in Baker’s life. Uncle Harold and Aunt Sister, Ida Rebecca’s only daughter, lived in Baltimore as well in an apartment across the street from them. When Baker’s father passed away, Lucy moved her son and daughter to New Jersey to live with her extended family until their move to Baltimore. She never accepted Baker’s mom, Lucy, and the two fought continuously over how to raise children. Baker describes his relationship with his paternal grandmother, Ida Rebecca, a strong, domineering woman that raised 13 children in rural Virginia. He felt the pressure to be the “man of the family.” His family lived with aunts and uncles because that is the only way they could survive the Depression. He was raised in poverty by a single mom for a majority of his childhood. Baker writes about growing up as a young boy during the Depression and his experience fighting in World War II as a Navy pilot. Russell Baker’s memoir, Growing Up, is a heartfelt memoir that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983. ![]()
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