The Blackboard Jungle: a novel
1961, Eighth Edition. London : Constable. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Copy is not price-clipped. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #228758
Physical description: 319p ; 21 cm. Summary: Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Part of the "NFT/BFI Film Classics" series, young hoodlums develop their crude ways, and their teachers fight a vain and losing battle to bring a semblance of decency and honesty into their lives. Subject: Fiction in English - American writers - Texts. Schools - New York (State) - New York - Fiction. Juvenile delinquents -Teachers - New York (State) - New York - Fiction. American fiction - 20th century. Modern fiction Fiction / General. Genre: Fiction.
Price: €48.95