The blackboard jungle
a novel.
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Word Count
77,250 words, Guess
Page Count
309 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL5478279M
- ISBN-100837604044
- OCLC Control Number536855
- OCLC Control Numberblackboardjungle00mcba
- Library of Congress Control Number73183139
and 2 more
- LibraryThing138160
- Goodreads908527
Classifications
- DDC813/.5/4
- LCCPZ4.H945 Bl5
- LCCPS3515.U585 Bl5
and 2 more
- LCCPZ4.H945 Bl
- LCCPS3515.U585 Bl
Description
This "nightmarish but authentic" ("Time") portrait of a high school English teacher and the defiant, uncontrollable students in his charge rings with ferocious urgency and harrowing realism. A timeless rendering of youth culture set against the backdrop of 1950s New York City, "The Blackboard Jungle" speaks powerfully to the alarming epidemic of violence and security issues in today's schools.
Description
Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students.
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