#1343 Forty Books

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🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

"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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0:00.0	Good day Thomas Jefferson, our podcast listeners and as always thank you for listening.
0:07.0	We are glad to have you aboard. We love getting listener mail and we...
0:12.0	You just love getting gifts.
0:14.0	Well you brought it up and please send more people, honey,
0:18.0	garden seeds.
0:19.0	You know I read that Tupelo honey is really in trouble this year for weather reasons.
0:24.0	Tubilo, the home of one Elvis Presley.
0:28.0	Really, I didn't even know that.
0:30.0	He was born in Tubilo, Mississippi.
0:31.0	Oh, okay. Um, and. And Ham's. Chip of the Chesapeake. He wrote you and said, I'm very glad you enjoyed the ham. Did you get the note that included the recipes for Brunswick stew and sweet potato
0:44.4	biscuits. All I can say, Chip, is that you made my Easter and keep him
0:47.8	coming, honey. Yeah, and I didn't I don't know what it tasted like.
0:50.5	You're not that's you know, they could have brought me a little sandwich. it
0:52.9	could have brought me a little sandwich or something.
0:54.9	Well, you know next time.
0:56.3	I, I, thank you, Chip.
0:59.4	Yeah, sincerely.
1:01.7	It was a really fun discussion with Jefferson about books.
1:05.0	Talking about books with, it's like falling off a lot.
1:08.0	You know, if you go through Jefferson's correspondence, I mean, they're probably 20 times when he makes lists of books for people it's like if you want
1:15.2	Jefferson I would have expected it was more to go right at it you know just say oh Mr Jefferson
1:20.3	I'm not a wealthy man but I would really like to undertake a course of reading.
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