I am not sure how this book came into my library (perhaps it was a discard and I collected "stuff" from an early age). It is the novel "Moonfleet" and I believe that it was required reading for Grade 9 English. It is a tale set in Dorset, the Isle of Wight and Holland, and was originally published in 1898. We were still reading it in 1969. It was last marked on February 10th, 1969 by Janice Nemeth in Grade 9-4. It was "Used" then and had the St. Joseph High School stamp on flyleaf.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
English Textbook Blast From The Past
I am not sure how this book came into my library (perhaps it was a discard and I collected "stuff" from an early age). It is the novel "Moonfleet" and I believe that it was required reading for Grade 9 English. It is a tale set in Dorset, the Isle of Wight and Holland, and was originally published in 1898. We were still reading it in 1969. It was last marked on February 10th, 1969 by Janice Nemeth in Grade 9-4. It was "Used" then and had the St. Joseph High School stamp on flyleaf.
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Actually, MOONFLEET had returned to the English Curriculum at Dwyer in the mid 1990s. It had remained on the Grade 9 Course of Study for a few years before a new novel was selected.
ReplyDeleteMoonfleet was a tremendous novel that we studied in Grade 9. It was one of the few books that got me addicted to reading, even during other classes. Textbooks were a valued commodity in Grade 9 that year, in 1965, when the new building opened on Stevenson Road North. We often had to share novels as there weren't enough for every student.
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