gift from my son, I so miss this man with such a passion for politics! I will never forget his white board with "Florida, Florida, Florida" written on it.
. . the year we moved to Florida! Election night has never been the same for me, I'm not sure how to rate this, I am not even halfway through and I doubt I'll finish the book, I picked this up for a few dollars at Walgreen's one day interested to learn more about Tim Russert, I had long been impressed by him and his optimism and knowledge, I was shocked when I heard he suddenly died and I thought of him several times during last year's election, thinking how unfortunate for all of us that he missed it.
He always added so much to an election year, The book is a collection of stories told by his friends and acquaintances that show us what he was like in public and private.
As I had hoped and suspected, he was the real deal, Always kind, enthusiastic, making time for those close to him, going out of his way to help others succeed and living life to the fullest.
An impressive life. For Tim Russert I givestars, For the organization and style of the book One star, Granted, it was published by the author but would it be asking to much to find a good editor Some things were so offsubject I had to remind myself who I was reading about.
Each "chapter" was a different person's recollections, but then suddenly it shifts without warning and you are reading along only to find that the last page or so was a different person talking and I found myself going back to figure out where it shifted to sort out who is who.
Very confusing. I don't know what happens later in the book because the disorganization was too much of a distraction, I flipped through the photos and called it good, Fortunately, the consensus throughout each essay I read was that Tim was just all around a great person, reads like a rough draft and a sloppy one at that and except for the excerpt from Richard Stengel'sRolling Stone profile, is eminently forgettable.
Great thoughts on a man who died too early, I had this book out of curiosity, I liked learning about Tim Russert from his friends and colleagues who knew him, I thought the book was somewhat interesting, It was okay but not a favorite, I wasn't going read this at first, except that my grandmother recommended it, I thought it'd be just a compendium of eulogies hagiography on a talented and wonderful man, I
tend to gravitate toward more salacious offerings on more complex personalities, Still, his universal praise and how he earned it as well as his determined, competitive spirit along with a genius for promotion and college pranks/tricks made this a fun read Tim Russert, We Heartily Knew Ye takes you behind the scenes as friends and colleagues share their best, funniest and most poignant stories about an incredible man the likes of whom we'll never see again.
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