The Best Man's Handbook: A Guy's Guide to the Big Event

by James Grace and Jim Grace

This is a fun, yet informative, guide to the ins and outs of being a best man or an usher. The author walks you through each stage of the entire wedding process, from planning to the reception.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076241815X
• ISBN13: 9780762418152
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Must read for the best man

this book is great for the groom and best man and should be read by all men involved in a wedding. Great insights. Just buy it for $5.

Great book to help you get prepared!

I am definitely glad I purchased this book. While I had a pretty good idea of what I was required to do as the Best Man, this book gave me a lot of helpful hints as well as some good ideas. A lot of people congratulated me on how well a job I did as the best man. This book helped a great deal in being prepared and ready for any possible scenario that may have come up. It is very easy to read and has a great sense of humor.

The perfect primmer for a most important job.

Having never been married or even been a part of a wedding party before, I was tapped to go to France and be the best man for one of my oldest friends (25 years). This with 3 weeks notice! The book was instrumental in allowing me to successfully perform my function with a minimum of stress. It was an easy read, it was humorous, and it was comprehensive. I could not have done without it. Thank you for the help Mr. Grace.

This Is The Only Book You'll Need!

I bought this book because my fiance was about to be the best man in a wedding. He was nervous because he had no idea what best men do. This book was all he needed. It tells what the best man's duties are to the groom, bride and everyone else. Tells about etiquette and even talks about what to do in specific religious or cultural weddings. What we found even more useful was it's section on speeches and toasts. We had bought a book especially for that, but it wasn't any good. This book explained the do's and don'ts and gave great examples that helped my fiance to write a great speech. (by the way, his speech went beautifully) He got a big laugh from the crowd and an Ahhh. Just what you want. This book is a must have for any groomsmen or Best man.

Useful and funny, a bit serious at times

Overall I thought this book was really useful (particularly about negotiating the intricacies, both emotional and financial, of the bachelor party) with lots of funny anecdotes and amusing bits. The only criticism I'd have is the somewhat lecturing tone adopted at times, admonishing the best man over and over again to remember who are the most important people at a wedding but perhaps some best men do need to be reminded. Really nice book, we gave it as a Xmas present to our best man (so he has a couple of months to prepare).