Alexander Collection is the Greatest


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Courtney Cunningham, with her Great collection.

Sweet Briar College in Virginia announced the winners of its Nicole Basbanes Student Book Collecting Contest (Sweet Briar alumna Nicole is the daughter of author and FB&C columnist Nick Basbanes, as well as a special collections librarian.) Courtney Cunningham, a classics major, won $300 for her collection of approximately 40 Alexander the Great books. As the first-place winner, she will proceed to the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest. Congratulations!