A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

If I had the world’s ten best books on a desert island, I should be more strongly tempted to spend my time in shipbuilding rather than browsing the printed page.
Letter to Robert Russel, June 15 (1964) ,in Letters of Marshall McLuhan (1987), p 302
Quote #3878
Year: 1964
Chapter: McLuhan on McLuhan
Compiled by William Kuhns
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