- High school teachers, Irish Americans, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography
In this tribute to teachers everywhere. McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments, singalongs and field trips.
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- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Frank McCourt
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press, HarperCollins, Scribner
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780743549905
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Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won 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. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario.
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