Jim Thorpe Area High School has received a gift of a book written by a graduate and former resident of Jim Thorpe.

Michael E. O'Donnell, class of 1960, has published "O'D: A Memoir Fifty Years of Teaching and Travel."The collection of essays traces his career as a passionate teacher who has traveled worldwide.Most of all, the essays are about people he has met and who have influenced and helped him.O'Donnell attended East Stroudsburg University, where he majored in French. He joined John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps in 1962 and served in Morocco.After graduating from ESU, he was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to Indiana University, where he did postgraduate work.O'Donnell has taught French and Irish Studies at the University of Virginia at Wise since 1968. His administrative duties have included director of admissions, athletic director and five years as dean of students.All profits from the sale of his book will go toward the O'D/Michael E. O'Donnell Scholarship.To purchase a copy of O'Donnell's book, you may contact The University Bookstore, 1 College Ave. Wise, VA 24293 (1-276-328-0210).O'Donnell's book of memoirs may be borrowed from the Jim Thorpe Area High School Library as well as the Dimmick Memorial Library in Jim Thorpe.