So I've been building a paper library for the post-collapse. And after the technical books, the encyclopedias, the how-to books, and history books... There's the matter of literature to consider. 🤔
The rules for inclusion (insofar as they can be adhered to) are simple: no feminism, no communism, and minimal romanticism.
I just picked up a collection by Washington Irving (rip van Winkle, sleepy hollow), an early American writer who lived through the revolution, and passed before the ➡️