The Blackboard Jungle

Written in 1954, this controversial story cracked down on the public school system and dramatized student violence as no other novel of its time did. Hunter used his own teaching experience to create protagonist Richard Dadier, who lands his first real job as an English teacher at North Manual Trades High School in New York City. Dadier knows the students here will be tough, but nothing has prepared hom for the world he enters.. "Hunter's novel attracted much attention when it was first published, and it became a top bestseller in 1955. Set against the changing social culture of the 1950's, The Blackboard Jungle is a time capsule that illuminates an issue still in the forefront of our minds.