Mo. man burns books as act of protest
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Wayne has amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero's Books.In the future world of Fahrenheit 451, no one was allowed to have books because the government burned them. But in the true world of 2007, books are being burned simply because no one is reading them.
But when he wanted to thin out the collection, he found he couldn't even give away books to libraries or thrift shops; they said they were full.
2 comments:
This article just makes me sad. Books are so important and valuable. I just ended a year of volunteering with SMART in SE Portland and I can from that experience alone firsthand, how reading is a tremendously positive influence on a child. Books are the start to a path of education and knowledge. Burning books, even if it's for lack of use, just seems so wrong.
Good words.
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