Teacher Man
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Frank McCourt
The author of Angela’s Ashes recounts his life as a teacher—and how he found his voice as a storyteller—in this #1 New York Times–bestselling memoir.Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela’s Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize–winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came ‘Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York.Now, here at last is McCourt’s long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. In spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and compelling honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faced in the classroom. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his storytelling skills as, five days a week, five periods per day, he worked to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption—and literary fame—is an exhilarating adventure.
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Author
Frank McCourt
Pages
258
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Published Date
2005-11-15
ISBN
0743282000 9780743282000
Ratings
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"My father took Frank Mccourt's creative writing class at Stuevasent High School back in the 70s. By all accounts he was a dynamic, creative, funny, insightful, and encouraging teacher with a deliciously thick accent and tons of stories from the Old Country. Every bit of Mccourt as a teacher shines through in Teacher Man, where he shows the real life struggles of an actual teacher in all different kinds of high schools, from technical-vocational schools with future plumbers as students, to Stuevasent High School, one of the top public high schools in New York City. What I think is most remarkable about Mccourt as a teacher, and as a person, is he makes no assumptions of what someone is capable of based on where they came from or what they look like. He doesn't hesitate to encourage a precocious girl in one of the votech schools to apply for college. He is accused of putting impossible dreams in her head, but what a man to sow the same kind of impossible dreams that brought him from dirt poor in the lanes of Lymric, Ireland to America's gleaming shores and a teaching career that lasted more than 40 years. If you have read Angela's Ashes and Tis already, this is a MUST READ. If you haven't read any of Mccourt's works yet, that's okay Teacher Man stands on its own. Prepare to be reading without stop for awhile - I couldn't put it down."
Ollie and Sebastian Herwig
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