Lincoln's love of books was legendary. He was mostly self-taught.
So was Grover Cleveland, our last Democrat president whom I would put in the great category.
My Dad grew up on the rez but quickly realized the value of books when he attended college on the G.I. Bill after World War II. It didn't hurt that he pursued and finally convince my mother, daughter of a college professor, to marry him.
We always had a lot of books growing up, even though we had no television for much of the time. Everyone their six kids grew up to be well-educated and, even more important, not a single one of us grew up to be a bed-wetting liberal.
We of the 7 bookcases....I’m done with homeschooling and now my little (twin) grandsons visit and I’m so happy to buy them the books that my sons thrilled to back in the day. Holling Clancy Holling books. Great Illustrated Classics, Sam Campbell books (the BEST)
So many books, so little time!