There's a discussion on "We are what we read more than we know" over at the Albert Mohler blog, starting with quotes from a 2003 David McCullough speech and building on them.
As if my to-read list isn't long enough, McCullough's mention of books read when he was younger has me reaching for the list to add a few.
Mohler suggests that parents of boys might want to take a look at what type of reading lit a fire under McCullough when he was young.
I think there is a lot to what both men say.
Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
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I read Trollope’s second Palliser novel, Phineas Finn, about an Irish
Member of Parliament and his adventures in London, both romantic and
political, back ...
5 weeks ago

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