| To Sir, with Love Contributor(s): Braithwaite, E. R. (Author), Onwukwe, Ben (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 1520088167 ISBN-13: 9781520088167 Publisher: Dreamscape Media OUR PRICE: $44.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: December 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Educators - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 5.5" (0.40 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers whom the system has mostly abandoned. When his efforts to reach these troubled students are met with threats, suspicion, and derision, Braithwaite takes a radical new approach. He will treat his students as people poised to enter the adult world. He will teach them to respect themselves and to call him Sir. He will open up vistas before them that they never knew existed. And over the course of a remarkable year, he will touch the lives of his students in extraordinary ways-even as they, in turn, unexpectedly and profoundly touch his. Based on actual events in the author's life, To Sir, With Love is a powerfully moving story that celebrates courage, commitment, and vision and that inspired the classic film starring Sidney Poitier. |
Contributor Bio(s): Braithwaite, E. R.: - "E. R. Braithwaite (1912 - 2016) was a Guyanese-born British-American writer who is best known for his autobiographical novels To Sir, With Love and Paid Servant, stories of social conditions and racial discrimination based on his experiences working in London as a schoolteacher and a welfare worker. A WWII veteran, he also held diplomatic positions in Guyana, the United Nations, the World Veterans Federation, and UNESCO and taught at several universities."Onwukwe, Ben: - Ben Onwukwe has a distinguished performing career that spans over thirty years and has included theatre, television, radio, and audiobook narration. He has worked at countless theatres up and down the UK, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, and his television work includes London's Burning, Coronation Street, and EastEnders. The narrator of numerous audiobooks in various genres, he can also be heard in the BBC Radio 4 production of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. |