David McCullough gave a great talk at the Tattered Cover Bookstore yesterday afternoon and afterwards signed copies of his new book, The Wright Brothers. McCullough is a very good speaker, and the place was packed. I leaned more about the Wright Brothers in 45 minutes than I have ever known before. The Wright Brothers never even graduated from high school, but were both brilliant, and thanks to their father, surrounded by books their entire lifetimes. McCullough says it was their constant reading and intellectual curiosity that paved the way for the invention of the airplane, and gave a strong endorsement of both books and the liberal arts curriculum. Still another ringing endorsement of the need for bookstores!
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