“Mr. Baker, along with the syndicated columnist Art Buchwald, was one of the best-known newspaper humorists of his time, and The Washington Post ranked his best-selling autobiography, Growing Up, with the most enduring recollections of American boyhood " those of James Thurber, H. L. Mencken and Mark Twain.” " The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AM on January 23, 2019