false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1207616301m/510391.jpg 625647 10 Veteran newsman and <I>Meet the Press</I> moderator Tim Russert is known for his direct and unpretentious style and in this charming memoir he explains why. Russert's father is profiled as a plainspoken World War II veteran who worked two blue-collar jobs while raising four kids in South Buffalo but the elder Russert's lessons on how to live an honest, disciplined, and ethical life are shown to be universal. <I>Big Russ and Me</I>, a sort of <I>Greatest Generation</I> meets <I>Tuesdays with Morrie</I>, could easily have become a sentimental pile of mush with a son wistfully recalling the wisdom of his beloved dad. But both Russerts are far too down-to-earth to let that happen and the emotional content of the book is made more direct, accessible, and palatable because of it. The relationship between father and son, contrary to what one would think of as essential to a riveting memoir, seems completely healthy and positive as Tim, the academically gifted kid and later the esteemed TV star and political operative relies on his old man, a career sanitation worker and newspaper truck driver, for advice. <I>Big Russ and Me</I> also traces Russert's life from working-class kid to one of broadcast journalism's top interviewers by introducing various influential figures who guided him along the way, including Jesuit teachers, nuns, his dad's drinking buddies, and, most notably, the late New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, whom Russert helped get elected in 1976. Plenty of entertaining anecdotes are served up along the way from schoolyard pranks to an attempt to book Pope John Paul II on the Today Show. Though not likely to revolutionize modern thought, <I>Big Russ and Me</I> will provide fathers and sons a chance to reflect on lessons learned between generations. <I>--Charlie Williams</I> 1350783 10 5 2004 Big Russ and Me: Father and Son--Lessons of Life total:738|5:266|4:304|3:126|2:35|1:7| 738 3001 1184 225 625647 1401352081 9781401352080 688 210 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176430506m/625647.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/625647.Big_Russ_and_Me_Father_and_Son_Lessons_of_Life 5 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 06:13:55 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 03:52:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 625647 1401352081 9781401352080 688 210 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176430506m/625647.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/625647.Big_Russ_and_Me_Father_and_Son_Lessons_of_Life 5 1 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 07:38:07 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 08:20:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 625647 1401352081 9781401352080 688 210 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176430506m/625647.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/625647.Big_Russ_and_Me_Father_and_Son_Lessons_of_Life 4 1 false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 16:29:05 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 19:04:39 -0700 2008
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Big Russ and Me is the story of Tim Russert and His dad, "Big Russ". It is as much about a F...more...]]> 625647 1401352081 9781401352080 688 210 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176430506m/625647.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/625647.Big_Russ_and_Me_Father_and_Son_Lessons_of_Life 2 1 false Wed Jul 16 12:20:41 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 12:22:26 -0700 2008 625647 1401352081 9781401352080 688 210 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176430506m/625647.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/625647.Big_Russ_and_Me_Father_and_Son_Lessons_of_Life 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 22:58:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 04:51:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 625647 1401352081 9781401352080 688 210 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176430506m/625647.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/625647.Big_Russ_and_Me_Father_and_Son_Lessons_of_Life 5 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:52:32 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:57:47 -0700 2009
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