Nome's correctional center asked an Alaska author to donate a few books. Now others are pitching in to send boxloads of them.
Print article It all started when Alaska author Don Rearden received an email from the education coordinator at Anvil Mountain Correctional Center in Nome, requesting he donate copies of his book “The Raven’s Gift.” Now, after Rearden put out a request on social media, boxloads of books are getting flown up to the correctional center, the result of an outpouring of support from local bookstores, local authors and an Alaska air carrier. Rearden said the email from the correctional center detailed how a number of the books there were in bad shape, with some held together by deodorant l...
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