Sailing in a Concrete Boat A Teacher's Journey |
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| Author:
| Leggo, Carl |
| Series title: | Social Fictions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-94-6091-953-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $31.00 |
Book Description:
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Sailing in a Concrete Boat: A Teacher's Journeyis a novel-length narrative composed in a sequence of short fictions and poetry linked by recurring characters, themes, events, and setting. The narrative explores the experiences and emotions of a school teacher named Caleb Robinson. He teaches in a conservative church-administered school in a rural Newfoundland town called Morrow's Cove. Caleb struggles to understand what it means to be a teacher, husband, lover, friend, father,...
More Description Sailing in a Concrete Boat: A Teacher's Journeyis a novel-length narrative composed in a sequence of short fictions and poetry linked by recurring characters, themes, events, and setting. The narrative explores the experiences and emotions of a school teacher named Caleb Robinson. He teaches in a conservative church-administered school in a rural Newfoundland town called Morrow's Cove. Caleb struggles to understand what it means to be a teacher, husband, lover, friend, father, Christian, and human being.