Max Braithwaite

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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.

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Why shoot the teacher
Representative edition published 2002
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My Dog Pal (Wind at My Back, 3)
Representative edition published 1997
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Nerves of Steel (Wind at My Back, 2)
Representative edition published 1997
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The Muffled Man
Representative edition published 1991
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All the way home
Representative edition published 1990
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Never sleep three in a bed
Representative edition published 1990
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Whooping crane adventure
Representative edition published 1988
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All the way home
Representative edition published 1986
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Max, the best of Braithwaite
Representative edition published 1983
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McGruber's folly
Representative edition published 1981
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The commodore's barge is alongside
Representative edition published 1979
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Why Shoot the Teacher
Representative edition published 1978
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Lusty winter
Representative edition published 1978
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Sick Kids
Representative edition published 1974
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Sick Kids
Representative edition published 1974
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The night we stole the mountie's car
Representative edition published 1974
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The Western Plains
Representative edition published 1970
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Land, water and people..
Representative edition published 1961
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There's no place like home
Representative edition published 1959
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Like being a millionaire
Representative edition published 1980
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The Hungry Thirties, 1930-1940
Representative edition published 1977
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Max Braithwaite's Ontario
Representative edition published 1974
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A privilege and a pleasure
Representative edition published 1973
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The western plains
Representative edition published 1970
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