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Title: Feet First by Walter A. Baran ISBN: 1-4134-0551-7 Publisher: Xlibris Corporation Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: a lesson can be learnt with humour
Comment: Walter Baran paints poignant picture of his childhood - growing in a fatherless family, when there was rarely enough food on the table, and new shoes and shirts were a dream. He leads a reader through his life story with a gentle - and sometimes not so gentle - humour. He doesn't recollect pains of poverty with bitterness, but with a self-confidence and belief that honesty, compassion and understanding of humanity will always overcome the obstacles that the life is throwing his way.
Baran writes in a simple, colloquial, but eloquent style that captivates his audience's attention from the very first page. The chapters covering his childhood and youth are real gems.
Today, it is almost impossible to imagine the hardship the author had to overcome to become a successful entrepreneur and devoted public official.
He did it without complaining, blaming others and the society, or asking for entitlements. And that is probably the most important message Walter Baran is giving.

Rating: 5
Summary: Feet First, by Walter A. Baran
Comment: If Frank Capra had known Walter Baran, he no doubt would have wanted to make the Baran life story into a movie. It is a Capra-esque life, filled with challenge, humor, friendships and the triumph of good-heartedness over physical, financial and social adversity. The rich interpersonal anecdotes paint a vivid picture of a man who loves the human race, tames his adversaries, forges lifelong friendships with his casual acquaintances, and embraces them all like family. In business, in politics, in world travels or in the Baran backyard, an endless parade of colorful characters are enriched one way or another by their Baran encounters. The reader of this autobiography is likewise enriched as he navigates the episodes and parables of this amazing life. Casting the central character of this movie would be impossible; he's a once-in-a-lifetime character.

Rating: 5
Summary: "feet first" by Walter Baran
Comment: With vividness and color, Walter Baran brings to life
what it was like to grow up fatherless and poor in
the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania, the area
in which I live. A true-life Horatio Alger story,
the book goes on to describe how he overcame the poverty of his
childhood to become a manufacturing executive, advocate of Polish
causes, and Secretary of General Services in the cabinet of a Pennsylvania governor, Richard Thornburgh. The book is not only a heartwarming autobiography, it's also a valuable tool for anyone interested in the everyday life of 20th century European immigrants to the coal regions.