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Drake Book Burning Itself Makes Drake national Sensation
In Drake North Dakota the school board banned Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five and pulled Deliverance and an anthology. The town of 650, deeply religious and conservative, erupted as papers and networks chased the story. English teacher Bruce Severy defended the choice amid sharp local criticism.
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Kay Bartlett Drake
N.D
Drake
James Dickey
Robert Penn Warren
Hemingway
Faulkner
Steinbeck
A. W. Bibelheimer
Bruce Severy
California
Dell Rae Lemer
Severy
Sally
Liz
Dale Fuhrman
Severns