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Title: Big Russ and Me: Father and Son--Lessons of Life by Tim Russert ISBN: 1-4013-5208-1 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 10 May, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.79 (53 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book, but not great.
Comment: I watch Meet the Press, so when I found out Tim Russert was writing a book about his life, I decided I wanted to read it. I picked up this book this morning and read right through it, cover to cover. It is an okay book, and a very easy read written at the 8th grade level (I do not mean that as an insult, I think he was writing this book for a wide audience). It tells the story of Tim Russerts life and the lessons he learned. For example, it talks about his father holding down two jobs, and how he had accumulated over 200 unused sick days by the time he retired. Yet it goes over the top, suggesting that anyone who takes a day off has a bad work ethic. The book does have a few passages that made me chuckle, like one of Russert's bosses in the sanitation department who last name was Mr. Scalavzeviz (or something like that) which nobody could pronounce, so they all called him Mr. Sonuvabitch.
I hesitantly recommend this book, and forwarn people that there is a preaching like quality to the book that might rub some the wrong way, even though I do not think Russert intended it that way. But all in all, it was a good read. If you watch Meet the Press, this book is a good opportunity to gain some insight about the moderator.
Rating: 5
Summary: If you read the book, write about the book!
Comment: First, those one star reviews tell nothing about the book, and are only intended as personal assaults on Tim Russert as an interviewer on Meet The Press. makes me wonder if they even picked the book up, never mind read it.
That said, I found it to be a celebration of a man whose son is justifiably proud of him. Those of us whose fathers (and mothers) grew up in the depression and survived World War II understand and and admire that generation beyond words. Sometimes the writing is a little sappy, but who among us doesn't get sentimental about parents they loved and admired. Maybe I'm an easy sell because I see so much of my own father (he passed away in 1996), and maybe it is also because my son and I have a close relationship, and love and respect for each other unconditionally.
If you weren't as fortunate as Tim Russert and his father it might be difficult to relate to these feelings, but there is more, much more than that here, and whether or not you like Tim Russert personally, you have to admire his willingness to put himself out there knowing that some people will use it as an opportunity to take a swipe based not on the book but a polititical agenda.
How many of us get the chance to send such an amazing, loving tribute to our fathers, a public thank you for all he has done without ever expecting anything in return?
Thank you Tim.
Rating: 1
Summary: Ack! Ack!
Comment: Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack!
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Title: Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul by Tony Hendra ISBN: 1400061849 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 18 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Imus Ranch: Cooking for Kids and Cowboys by Deirdre Imus ISBN: 0875969194 Publisher: Rodale Books Pub. Date: 14 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: My Life by Bill Clinton ISBN: 0375414576 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 22 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward ISBN: 074325547X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 19 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts ISBN: 0060090251 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 13 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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