First Job: A Memoir of Growing Up at Work
"A raw and revealing look into talented, life-affirming people not afraid to break the rules."  --Buffalo News, October 13, 2002"A remarkable book.  It's a historically useful and wonderfully entertaining take on a small but important chapter in American journalism."  --Berkshire Eagle, October 10, 2002"An uproarious and rollicking memoir."  --Albany Times-Union, November 11, 2002"Buck's most meaningful contribution to memoir writing is his almost exquisite description of his long friendship with...Roger Linscott."  --Boston Globe, January 12, 2003."You don't have to be a journalist to love "First Job."   --Connecticut Post, November 3, 2002"a charming and funny tale of unfettered and randy youth, of sexual adventure, small-town bars, and the great outdoors."  --Columbia Journalism Review, November 2002"engaging, lyrical and brimming with a rich and rowdy cast of...Buck is at the same time self-deprecating and funny."  --Suburban Chicago News, January 31, 2003