From: overhung@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article , firstinitiallastname@texas.net   
   says...   
      
   >Having done a little reading on the matter, I can tell you that you   
   >won't have heard of most of the popular books of the 19th century.   
      
   I've read personal accounts written by people   
   in the 19th century who were speaking of the   
   reading matter they carried along on their   
   treks west. I can't name any of the literature   
   now, but what struck me about it was how they   
   must have read and re-read what was available   
   to them then. Speaking for myself, if I were   
   in some remote and isolated situation where I   
   had the time to read, it wouldn't take long   
   to finish whatever it was I had room to carry   
   with me. "Well-worn pages" was certainly apropo,   
   I'm sure.   
      
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