Evan Hunter
The Blackboard Jungle
Paperback
(Cardinal paperback Aug. 16, 1955)
, 1st edition
Based on Even Hunter's first teaching job in a NY vocational school, this was the first novel to dramatize the shocking social problem of juvenile delinquents and the almost impossilble job of teaching them. This edition has a short quote from actress Anne Francis, who portrayed Glenn Ford's wife in the famous movie of the same title.