3.5
Teacher Man: A Memoir
The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Angela's Ashes describes his coming of age as a teacher, storyteller, and writer, a personal journey during which he spent fifteen years finding his voice in the classroom and came to terms with the undervalued importance of teaching. Simultaneous.
High school teachersNew YorkElements In The U.S. PopulationTeaching At The Secondary School LevelBiography & AutobiographyAbridged Audio - Autobiography/Biography
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERSimon & Schuster Audio
LENGTH5
LANGUAGEEN
Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and author. McCourt was born in Brooklyn; however, his family returned to their native Ireland in 1934. He received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for his memoir Angela's Ashes (1996), which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick. He is also the author of 'Tis (1999), which continues the narrative of his life, picking up from the end of the previous book and focusing on life as a new immigrant in America. Teacher Man (2005), detailed the challenges of being a young, uncertain teacher who must impart knowledge to his students. His works are often part of the syllabus in high schools. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario. He died of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, at the age of 78. Source: Goodreads.com
3.5
Teacher Man: A Memoir
The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Angela's Ashes describes his coming of age as a teacher, storyteller, and writer, a personal journey during which he spent fifteen years finding his voice in the classroom and came to terms with the undervalued importance of teaching. Simultaneous.
High school teachersNew YorkElements In The U.S. PopulationTeaching At The Secondary School LevelBiography & AutobiographyAbridged Audio - Autobiography/BiographyLiteraryBiography/Autobiography
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERSimon & Schuster Audio
LENGTH5
LANGUAGEEN
Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and author. McCourt was born in Brooklyn; however, his family returned to their native Ireland in 1934. He received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for his memoir Angela's Ashes (1996), which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick. He is also the author of 'Tis (1999), which continues the narrative of his life, picking up from the end of the previous book and focusing on life as a new immigrant in America. Teacher Man (2005), detailed the challenges of being a young, uncertain teacher who must impart knowledge to his students. His works are often part of the syllabus in high schools. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario. He died of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, at the age of 78. Source: Goodreads.com
