i read a book that was focused on william drake. he was a political coal operative who learned -- political operative who learned the art and science of being a political figure through reading. it was something about what he had argued. he said that reading was essentially something that is political and it is specific to time and places. we think about our own reading and that is pretty much true for all of us. our predilections, our beliefs inform how we receive the things that we read. somehow it will inform the way that you receive things. also, he put forth the idea that reading is useful and practical. i thought about a different book about washington. in that, i found an opportunity. he included an appended to his book. this is something where he said that washington the reader was practical but not really all that bright. he is not that much of it intellectual. i'm sure if you are, he would argue that with me. that is the fun of being a historian, we debate rings. taking what sharp what said about reading being political an

it focuses on a guy named sir william drake who during the previous century prior to washington's life, he was a political operative who learned the art and science of being a public figure, a political figure through reading. and it was something about what sharp had argued that in talking about straight, sharp said that reading is essentially something that is political and is specific to times and places. ,e think about our own reading that is pretty much true for all of us. beliefs inform how we receive the things that we read. whether you are conservative, liberal, religious, not, doesn't matter. it somehow will inform the way you receive things. thealso sharp put forth idea that reading is useful. reading is practical. so i thought about that. i thought about a different book about washington by a historian named paul longhorn who wrote the book the invention of george washington. in that i found an opportunity. because he included an appendix of his book about washington's reading. hes is something that basically says that washington the reader was practical, but not really all