#1343 Forty Books

Listening to America

English - June 18, 2019 17:20 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 910 ratings
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"He's never happier than when he can recommend a course of reading to somebody else."

— Clay S. Jenkinson

President Jefferson tells us what books he might recommend to juvenile readers, and it turns out to be a fairly limited list. He does, however, recommend Don Quixote, Gulliver’s Travels and Robinson Crusoe.

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