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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.92
EAN: 9780767928823
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 0767928822
Label: Broadway Books
Manufacturer: Broadway Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: September 23, 2008
Publisher: Broadway Books
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Studio: Broadway Books
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The year was 1957, the month September, and I had just turned eight years old. Dwight Eisenhower was President, but in my life it was the diminutive, intense Sister Mary Lurana who ruled, at least in the third-grade class where I was held captive. For reasons you will soon understand, my parents had remanded me to the penal institution of St. Brigidâs School in Westbury, New York, a cruel and unusual punishment if there ever was one.
Already, I had barely survived my first two years at St. Brigidâs because I was, well, a little nitwit. Not satisfied with memorizing the Baltimore Catechismâs fine prose, which featured passages like âGod made me to show his goodness and to make me happy with him in heaven,â I was constantly annoying my classmates and, of course, the no-nonsense Sister Lurana. With sixty overactive students in her class, she was understandably short on patience. For survival, she had also become quick on the draw.
Then it happened. One day I blurted out some dumb remark, and Sister Lurana was on me like a panther. Her black habit blocked out all distractions as she leaned down, looked me in the eye, and uttered words I have never forgotten: âWilliam, you are a bold, fresh piece of humanity.â
And she was dead-on.
One day in 1957, in the third-grade classroom of St. Brigidâs parochial school, an exasperated Sister Mary Lurana bent over a restless young William OâReilly and said, âWilliam, you are a bold, fresh piece of humanity.â Little did she know that she was, early in his career as a troublemaker, defining the essence of Bill OâReilly and providing him with the title of his brash and entertaining issues-based memoir.
And this time itâs personal. In his most intimate book yet, OâReilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, and experiences that launched him on his journey from working-class kid to immensely influential television personality and bestselling author. Readers will learn how his traditional outlook was formed in the crucible of his family, his neighborhood, his church, and his schools, and how his views on Americaâs proper role in the world emerged from covering four wars on five continents over three-plus decades as a news correspondent. What will delight his numerous fans and surprise many others is the humor and self-deprecation with which he handles one of his core subjects: himself, and just how OâReilly became OâReilly.
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If you are a fan of Bill O'Reilly and watch him on Fox nightly, you will enjoy seeing all
that makes him who he is today. If you live in never-never land and watch your local news
stations, read your local papers, and believe what they have to say, you will get little out of the honesty and fairness that shines through his reporting of news events each night.
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Both myself and my wife enjoyed Bold Fresh. Both being 83 yrs old it brought back some fond memories. Thank you, Bill
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Good, but not as good as his other books.
Start w/ "Culture Warrior"
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I have been a fan of O'reilly but after listening to the audio book I have a better understaning of him as a man and where he came from and his background is indeed not that far removed from many of us...........and it was a fun listen. I recommend it.
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This is a great book! I bought this for my husband but I truly enjoyed it also. It is not politically boring. It is funny and entertaining besides being enlightening. If you are catholic you will especially enjoy it. Don't miss this one.
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