The quote "I cannot live without books" is from Thomas Jefferson an avid reader and collector of books. I recently finished reading the biography of Thomas Jefferson by Jon Meacham,
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. I am inspired by my daughter Melissa who helped set up this blog for me. I have something close to 800-900 hundred books, many of which I have bookmarks sticking out at the page where I last was reading.
I enjoyed the book by Jon Meacham. I learned many things about Thomas Jefferson and came to understand that like all of America's founding fathers, Jefferson had his personal and human flaws. That he was a gifted and eloquent writer is undoubted as evidenced by his drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
