The Blackboard Jungle: a novel
by Hunter, Evan (1926-2005) (pseud.Ed McBain)
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- Hardcover
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Constable, 1961. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. 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. 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.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 228758
- Title
- The Blackboard Jungle: a novel
- Author
- Hunter, Evan (1926-2005) (pseud.Ed McBain)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Eighth Edition
- Publisher
- London : Constable
- Date Published
- 1961
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