A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir
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,...
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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. Brigid s 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. Brigid s because I was, well, a little nitwit. Not satisfied with memorizing the Baltimore Catechism s fine prose, which featured passages like God made me to show his goodness and to make me happy with him in heaven, 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...
Introduction: Reading This Book Will Dramatically Improve Your Life! 11 Politics 72 Self-Reliance 273 Fear 454 Evil 595 Religion 696 Saving the World 897 Standing Your Ground 1058 Standing for Something 1179 Conservatives Versus Liberals 12910 Heroes and Zeros 14311 Men of Adventure 15512 Slugging it Out 17513 Power 18514 Mysteries of the Universe 21515 And Justice for All 22916 End of Story 241Postscript 255
\ From Barnes & Noble"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.\ \
