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Target Iditarod Teacher on the Trail^™ Talking Books With Jeff

by Jane Blaile

 

This afternoon, I went back to a Russian import store I had visited last night.  I was looking for more books about Alaska adventures and people.  I walked in the door and standing in the entry was Jeff King.  I asked him about his book signing here in Nome tomorrow.  His wife, Donna, said she'd been to that store and wanted him to see it.  She likes the dolls.  I said I was looking for more books about Alaska and headed toward the back of the store where the owner was.  I was giving him my list of titles, when Jeff asked me what kind of books I was looking for and when I told him, he asked me if I had ever read a book called Karluk. The store owner brought it off the shelf.  It was actually a story that is in tandem with another title I'd selected, so I kept it.  And I asked Jeff if he likes to read.  He really, really enjoys reading, especially Arctic adventure books.  In fact, he collects first edition Arctic and Alaska books.  So we continued to talk about books he'd read and explorations such as Norman Vaughn's.  And so I spent 10 minutes in a book store talking about books, a favorite subject of both mine and Jeff's.  It's part of my journey.