Dictionaries are one of the most requested types of books to our project. Many of us assume this is because they are such a basic tool for understanding other reading. However, we got an e-mail, from someone wanting us to send a dictionary to someone they knew who was imprisoned, that suggested dictionaries might have other uses:
She asked me to thank you for a hardbound dictionary that she received from you some years ago. She treated it much like a family Bible, recording dates and thoughts in it. Recently it was confiscated to her dismay. (Perhaps, from what I learned at Boxcar, because it was hardbound; she did not mention that possibility and thinks it was part of discrimination and harassment.)
submitted on Tue, 2007-08-28 20:10
