
Max Braithwaite
John Victor Maxwell Braithwaite was a Canadian novelist and non-fiction author. He was born in Nokomis, Saskatchewan and spent his youth in a number of communities in that province. As an adult he moved to Ontario, living in communities such as Orangeville, Port Carling and finally Brighton where he died at age 83. Braithwaite won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor in 1972 for his book The Night We Stole the Mountie's Car. The 1977 Canadian film Why Shoot the Teacher? was based on Braithwaite's 1965 novel of that name.
Born 1911-12-07
Died 1995-03-19
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1037425A
Top Subjects
- Braithwaite, Max (3)
- Canada -- Description and travel (2)
- Canada (2)
- Fiction (2)
- General (2)
- Children: Grades 4-6 (2)
- Fiction - General (2)
Books by Max Braithwaite
Total count: 28
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We live in OntarioBook Society of Canada1957-01-01
There's no place like homeBook Society of Canada1959-01-01-
There's no place like homeBook Society of Canada1959-01-01
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Land, water and people...Van Nostrand1961-01-01
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The cure searchersRyerson1962-01-01
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The valley of the vanishing birdsLittle, Brown1963-01-01
Why shoot the teacher.McClelland and Stewart1965-01-01-
Why shoot the teacherMcClelland and Stewart1965-01-01
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Canada: wonderland of surprises.Dodd, Mead1967-01-01
Never sleep three in a bed.McClelland and Stewart1969-01-01
The Western PlainsThe Illustrated Natural History of CanadaNatural Science of Canada1970-01-01-
The western plains.Natural Science of Canada1970-01-01
The night we stole the mountie's car.McClelland and Stewart1971-01-01-
A privilege and a pleasureJ. J. Douglas1973-01-01
Sick Kidsthe story of the Hospital for Sick Children in TorontoMcClelland and Stewart1974-01-01
Sick Kidsthe story of The Hospital for Sick Children in TorontoMcClelland & Stewart1974-01-01-
The hungry thirties, 1930/1940Natural Science of Canada1977-01-01
Lusty winterMcClelland and Stewart1978-01-01
The commodore's barge is alongsideMcClelland and Stewart1979-01-01-
Like being a millionaireWapiti Regional Library1980-01-01
McGruber's follyMcClelland and Stewart1981-01-01
Max, the best of BraithwaiteMcClelland and Stewart1983-01-01
All the way homeMcClelland and Stewart1986-01-01
Whooping crane adventureGage1988-01-01
The Muffled ManMcDougal Littell Incorporated1991-01-01
Nerves of Steel (Wind at My Back, 2)HarperCollins Publishers1997-06-01
My Dog Pal (Wind at My Back, 3)Harpercollins Canada1997-06-01-
Servant or master?a casebook of mass media