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Teacher Man: A Memoir

Nearly a decade ago 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. 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 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 (he instructs one class to write "An Excuse Note from Adam or Eve to God"), singalongs (featuring recipe ingredients as lyrics), and field trips (imagine taking twenty-nine rowdy girls to a movie in Times Square!).

McCourt struggles to find his way in the classroom and spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. 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. McCourt's rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York's most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice. "Doggedness," he says, is "not as glamorous as ambition or talent or intellect or charm, but still the one thing that got me through the days and nights."

For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-24-2009; Teacher Man by Frank McCourt; Would recommend this book to anyone who is a teacher, and most of us are, whether in the classroom or not. Mr. McCourt overcame an unbelievable childhood to attain great success. One that shows what can be attained by trying and using...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-11-2009; Book; Book arrived in stated condition. Shipping from MD to PA took a little over a week, but I assume it was mailed using "book rate", hence the reason for it taking a little longer than expected. All in all, a pleasant transaction from a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-10-2009; Excuses, Excuses: An Excerpt from Teacher Man; Excuses, Excuses: An Excerpt from Teacher Man My students forged the notes. I turned them into a lesson plan.From Reader's Digest, Originally in Teacher ManI was in my third year of teaching creative writing at Ralph McKee Vocational...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-08-2009; Entertaining; I just read Teacher Man, four years after it was published because my mother e-mailed and said it was a "must read." She and I met Frank McCourt years back when he was signing books (Angela's Ashes) at a BJs in Waltham, Mass. He sat...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-24-2009; Teacher Man by Frank McCourt; Would recommend this book to anyone who is a teacher, and most of us are, whether in the classroom or not. Mr. McCourt overcame an unbelievable childhood to attain great success. One that shows what can be attained by trying and using...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-23-2009; I LIKE McCOURT BETTER AS A KID; Doggone it....... one of my favorite books of all time is ANGELE'S ASHES: A MEMOIR by Frank McCourt. It is the story of this author and his horrendous childhood years growing up in Ireland during the 1930's & 40's. The hardships that he...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-13-2009; Disappointing; I liked his other books much more. I thought this book would be stories about teaching and his individual students' struggles to learn, his relationships with them, etc. Instead, it seemed to be just a platform to tell more stories of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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