9780767928823
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir share button
Bill O'Reilly
Genre Biography
Format Hardcover
Dimensions 6.30 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 1.00 (d)
Pages 272
Publisher Crown Publishing Group
Publication Date September 2008
ISBN 9780767928823
Book ISBN 10 0767928822
About Book

One Day in 1957, in the third-grade classroom of St. Brigid's parochial school, an exasperated Sister Mary Lurana bent over a restless young William O'Reilly and said, “William, you are a bold fresh piece of humanity.” Little did she know that she was, early in his career as a troublemaker, defining the essence of Bill O'Reilly and providing him with the title of his brash and entertaining issues-based memoir.

In his most intimate book yet, O'Reilly 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 America's 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 O'Reilly became O'Reilly.

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"William, you are a bold, fresh piece of humanity." When she uttered these words, Sister Mary Lurana probably recognized already that she was understating. The diminutive troublemaker sitting in her third-grade class at St. Brigid's School was undoubtedly one of the most obstreperous students she had ever encountered, but the world had seen nothing yet of William O'Reilly. This memoir captures the indefatigable host of The O'Reilly Factor in all his colorful, opinionated feistiness. Filled with fresh, bold, and inspiring stories, this candid reprise of a working-class life will appeal to O'Reilly fans and probably many others. An apt choice for readers who have enjoyed memoirs like Tim Russert's Big Russ and Me.