Why Shoot the Teacher
''Now a Feature Film...''
by Max Braithwaite
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The book that inspired the classic film, Why Shoot the Teacher tells the story of a young man's first collision with reality - an ill-paid teaching assignment in an isolated country school, in the prairies, during the Depression.
The young man is, of course, Max Braithwaite, and the story he has to tell is riotous, grim, candid, and infinitely entertaining. While it is perhaps Braithwaite's best-loved book, it is also a vivid evocation of the desolation wrought by the "Dirty Thirties" on the Saskatchewan Prairies, the ordeal of youth among a people bereft of pity and charity, and the human compassion that adds warmth and poignancy to the author's recollections.
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1930s 1960s Ann biography Canada Canadian Canadian author Canadian fiction Canadian literature children's classics depression depression era education fiction film funny Great Depression humor jmb- Max Braithwaite, Adult, Non-fiction, Classic, Canadian, Literature, Memoir, 1972 Leacock Award, Novel, Hardcover, Paperback, Dirty 30s, Dirty Thirties, Sasktatchewan, Prairie, Teachers, Biography, Social life and customs, Enseignants, Biographies, Manners and customsPlaces
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Why Shoot the Teacher: ''Now a Feature Film...''
1978, McClelland and Stewart Ltd.
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0771015992 9780771015991
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''Now a Feature Film Starring Bud Cort and Samantha Eggar''--fr. cvr
Why Shoot the Teacher is a caustic, amiable, and unflinchingly honest account of one young man's first collision with reality - an ill paid teaching assignment in an isolated country school during the Great Depression.
The young man is Max Braithwaite, now one of this country's most successful authors and freelance writers. The story he has to tell is riotous, grim, candid and infinitely entertaining. This is a Braithwaite at his vintage best and the humor that earned him the 1972 Leacock Memorial Medal is here in rich abundance.
Here, too, is the de-humanizing desolation of the "Dirty Thirties" on the Saskatchewan Prairies, the ordeal of youth among a populace bereft of pity and charity, and the human compassion that adds warmth and poignancy to Braithwaite's recollections.
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