false 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:26:07 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:26:07 -0800 2009 Russert tackles many issues and ideas in this memoir, including blue-collar ethics and the belief that success comes from hard work and discipline. Not only does Russert explore his relationship with his father, but he also discusses the workings of a tight Irish-American community back in the days when the Kennedys ruled Camelot. It's hardly a surprise that The Weekly Standard called Big Russ & Me "part autobiography, part sociological study, [and] part political history." An added note: reviewers didn't seem to mind Russert's frank sentimentality. Perhaps that's because the genuine thread underlying Russert's memoir made at least one grown male reviewer cry.

This is an excerpt from a review published in Bookmarks magazine.

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