Max Braithwaite
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Description
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.
Books
All the way home
In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a boy from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, and the two make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's elderly neighbors save their apple crop and to help Mariel learn about her past.
There's no place like home
Describes in verse the many kinds of homes--holes for worms, swamps for crocodiles, or a cat for fleas.
Canada: wonderland of surprises
A panorama of the rich history and magnificent scenery of America's Northern neighbor.
The Western Plains
A beautifully written account of the prairies, the geology, history, plant life, animal life, and conservation efforts.
The Muffled Man
"When the train rolls into Canot on a frosty winter night, two passengers get off. One is a young girl; the other, a mysterious man muffled in bandages and a long scarf. Unknown to each other, these two are linked by a strange scrap of paper and an old story of greed and terror."--goodreads**