About this title: NBC-TVUs senior vice Washington bureau chief and host of "Meet the Press" offers an intensely personal and charming memoir of American life in the 1950s and the special bond he shares with his fatherQthe irrepressible Big Russ. From the lessons he learned from his father and his Catholic upbringing to his passion for the Buffalo Bills and the New York Yankees to the grace of daily obligations and patriotism, Russert's reflections hit the very epicenter of American values. Includes 16 pages of color and b&w photos. 1-40135-208-1$22.95 / Time Warner Book Group
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Miramax Books
Date Published: 05/2004
ISBN-13:9781401352080ISBN:1401352081
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Miramax Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781401359652ISBN:1401359655
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. A great copy with only minor edge wear to cover. Pages are like new! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Miramax
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781401352080ISBN:1401352081
Description: Very Good. First Edition-First Printing 1-10. Minor shelf wear. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Description: Fair. 1401359655 Not a used copy....Surface and edge wear. Back cover box cutter cut including some of the pages. Inside pages clean, binding tight. No remainder marks. Shipped with delivery confirmation inside US. Selling books since 1979*p/BN-W3-138. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Miramax
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781401359652ISBN:1401359655
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. Return Policy Any defects, damages, or material differences with your item, must be reported to us within 7 days of receipt of the item or 30 days from date of shipment. The returned merchandise must be ... read more
"What a fantastically written, enjoyable, relatively lite read, pack with life lessons and morals.
I read the whole thing not knowing that Tim Russert was dead! Once I learned that, the book took on a whole new meaning. There's an open letter from Tim to his son Luke in the book saying that he wrote it for his dad but on re-reading it realized it was as much for his son. How true! How many dads get to leave such a legacy and instruction book for life for their sons.
Was a bit turned off by the gushing love of the Kennedy family, but it was discussed mostly through the eyes of a child, so understandable. Loved the descriptions of the Catholic schools!"
"I loved this book. I must admit from the get go that I'm a political junky and have always been a fan of the Russert era "Meet the Press". He passed from our world too soon.
Big Russ and Me is the story of Tim Russert and His dad, "Big Russ". It is as much about a Father Son relationship as it is about a place in time and out look of American life that I fear we are fast losing. Big Russ and Me takes us back to that magical time right after the second world war when America's Boys returned home and built the America we know. It is the story of family in a hard working Irish Catholic community (in Buffalo NY). Big Russ and Me covers Family, Faith and Politics, and was truly interesting, which is more than I can say about most books."
"This is the kind of book that I wish one of my ancestors had written -- what life was like growing up in their generation, in their hometown. But spending a lot of time reading about Tim Russert's life didn't do much for me, especially since the "Lessons of Life" were so obvious (work hard, be nice to people, take responsibility for your actions, live within your means, etc.) that they didn't add anything to the book. This book was a gift, so I kept going long after I would have given up on it, and finished it. There were some interesting bits, but overall, I wouldn't recommend it unless you are (or rather, were) a huge Tim Russert fan, or you grew up in Buffalo."
"Russert has an enjoyable, conversational style of storytelling. He groups stories in chapters according to theme (eg. Work, Cars). I never watched Meet the Press, the TV show that Russert moderated, but am drawn to him, his life values as passed on by his dad, and his personal storytelling of the era in which he grew up. Don't know why, as a female, I'm drawn to father-son memoirs. I've always enjoyed hearing my own dad tell stories about growing up with his family in the '50s and '60s in the Midwest. Tim Russert is 5 years younger (he graduated HS in 1968)."
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