Description
In this long-awaited memoir, Frank McCourt chronicles his thirty-year career as an unconventional high school teacher in New York City, revealing how the classroom became the crucible for developing the storytelling gifts that would later make him a literary sensation. With irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt captures the trials and triumphs of connecting with unruly, indifferent adolescents through imaginative assignments, unexpected field trips, and an unshakeable belief in the power of narrative. Struggling through a rocky marriage, failed academic pursuits, and repeated clashes with authority, McCourt perseveres with the dogged determination that would eventually lead him to prestigious Stuyvesant High School—and ultimately to finding his voice as a writer. Teacher Man stands as both a testament to McCourt's transformative journey and an urgent tribute to educators everywhere who shape young minds against the odds. This is the story of how a man who spent his days teaching others to tell their stories finally learned to tell his own, paving the way for the Pulitzer Prize-winning success of Angela's Ashes.
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paperback
Scribner
Published Sep 19, 2006
258 pages
ISBN: 9780743243780
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First Published
2005
Language
eng
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