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Presidents, politicians and the books they read
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Meg
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Nov 03, 2008 06:16PM
I just read this very interesting article in the Sunday New York Times. It talks about different presidents throughout history and books that they read and their influence. A very interesting sidebar on John McCain. It said that they way he got through his five years as a POW was to remember scenes from books he read and act them out in his mind. He said that if he didn't have these books(in his mind) he would have never survived.
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that's really cool..I mean..I have always thought that books are powerful..they have the ability to speak to the human heart and to put people at peace and take people into another world.What were some of the other books/presidents that were mentioned?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/boo...This is the article. If is the back page of the book review section.
Obama's reading were reported to be more drawn to stories sympathetic to the working classes than McCain.
OK, can I just say that I love your picture, Meg, but am still trying to get used to NOT picturing you as a cat??? lol
Did you guys know that Obama has a GR account?!Happily he is reading nothing right now....has other things to focus on. Sadly, the 11 books on his Read list are books written by or about him.
Don't know if McCain has an account.
That is very interesting Roxy, how did you find that out?Cyn you are funny, I still can getting katty at times!
Meg, I found it totally by accident. I was browsing in the Meet People area, clicked on Top Profiles and guess who had the #1 profile (decided by # of views in a week.).
Meg, Thanks for sharing the NYT article, I printed it out and shared it with co-workers!
I glad you were able to get to it. I found it very interesting
I can't decide if he really made it. There was a normal novel in his To-read, maybe he really did make the profile but the Read list was filled with stuff about him alright, that sounds like a campaign slug.
I went and read it, I think it is a fake. Maybe I am just a cynic.
