Teacher Man: A Memoir (Frank McCourt Memoirs)

Teacher Man: A Memoir (Frank McCourt Memoirs)

by Frank Mc Court (Author)

Synopsis

Here at last in paperback is Frank McCourt's critically acclaimed and bestselling book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. "Teacher Man" is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises of teaching in public high schools. "Teacher Man" shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he works 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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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 307
Edition: Export ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Nov 2006

ISBN 10: 0743294173
ISBN 13: 9780743294171

Media Reviews
Full of gritty specifics, never preachy, often hilarious, McCourt's third book thrusts you right into the hormones-and-catcalls chaos of the classroom. . . . Along the way, we get the best self-portrait of a public school teacher ever written. -- Malcolm Jones, Newsweek