Jules Siegel Book Drive

[Joe Varo]

Michael,

I got a pretty good chuckle out of your post, copied below, as I also 
found Mr. Siegel's "book drive" to be rather ironic, if not downright
tacky.


On Wed, 30 Oct 1996 mglosup at randomc.com wrote:

> Before you all send tons of books to an American expatriate in a 
> Mexican resort community might I suggest organizations more deserving 
> of your largesse.
> 
> 1. Your local public library obviously. They can be picky about what 
>     they accept though.
> 
> 2. Your local penal institution.  Prison libraries are seriously 
>     underfunded, in some jurisdictions they are not funded at all and 
>     rely exclusively on donations.  Prison libraries become 
>     increasingly more important as other *amenities* for inmates are 
>     cut.  Copies of Anarchist Cookbook and US Army Special Forces 
>     training manuals would be greatly appreciated.
>      
> 3. If you feel compelled to ship your books overseas please send them 
>     to International Book Bank, 815 Central Ave, Linthicum, MD  
>     21090.  This non-profit  organization supplies books to Third World
>     public educational institutions,  benefitting poor people without 
>     Uma Thurmanesque wives in Caribbean party towns. 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael Glosup
>