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Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Paperback, 2006)
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He didn't know what he wanted except to stop being hungry and to better himself. On the subway he watched students carrying books. He saw how they read and underlined and wrote things in the margin and he liked the look of this very much.
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A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City... Frank McCourt arrived in New York as a young, impoverished and idealistic Irish boy - but one who crucially had an American passport, having been born in Brooklyn. He didn't know what he wanted except to stop being hungry and to better himself. On the subway he watched students carrying books. He saw how they read and underlined and wrote things in the margin and he liked the look of this very much. He joined the New York Public Library and every night when he came back from his hotel work he would sit up reading the great novels. Building his confidence and his determination, he talked his way into NYU and gained a literature degree and so began a teaching career that was to last 30 years, working in New York's public high schools. Frank estimates that he probably taught 12,000 children during this time and it is on this relationship between teacher and student that he reflects in 'Teacher Man', the third in his series of memoirs. The New York high school is a restless, noisy and unpredictable place and Frank believes that it was his attempts to control and cajole these thousands of children into learning and achieving something for themselves that turned him into a writer. At least once a day someone would put up their hand and shout 'Mr. McCourt, Mr. McCourt, tell us about Ireland, tell us about how poor you were ...' Through sharing his own life with these kids he learnt the power of narrative storytelling, and out of the invaluable experience of holding 12,000 people's attention came 'Angela's Ashes'. Frank McCourt was a legend in such schools as Stuyvesant High School - long before he became the figure he is now he would receive letters from former students telling him how much his teaching influenced and inspired them - and now in 'Teacher Man' he shares his reminiscences of those 30 years and reveals how they led to his own success with 'Angela's Ashes' and ''Tis'.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780007173990
eBay Product ID (ePID)90634942
Product Key Features
Publication Year2006
Book TitleTeacher Man
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorFrank McCourt
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight210 g
Item Width129 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorFrank Mccourt
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- 13 Mar, 2024
Very witty and an eye opener into life as an English teacher at 5 New York schools in the 1950's and beyond!
Frank McCourt is an amusing and entertaining writer, and this book is a great eye opener into his life as a teacher to teenage students at 5 New York schools, in the 1950's and 60's, (as I'm only at chapter 5), as he worked as an English teacher there for 30 years. So far he's made me laugh and smile throughout it, and so for anyone who's enjoyed Angela's Ashes, and his other book who's name escapes me, as I have, I do recommend it!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 13 Sep, 2018
Teacher Man
Another brilliant insight into how Frank McCourt overcame the hardships of an Irish childhood. His tales of teaching tough kids in a New York high school are both funny and inspirational. When a book can make me laugh out loud a few pages in, you know it’s a winner.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Mar, 2021
Great Read
great book, well written very interesting good valueVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Nov, 2017
Vgtfd
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Sep, 2024
Yellowed and clearly ageing but a comple...
Yellowed and clearly ageing but a complete book that will speed my long flight abroad next monthVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Mar, 2020
Decent quality
Delivered on time - great valueVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Nov, 2018
Enjoyed
Good read Enjoyed the books even though I'd watched the film first.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 May, 2024
Very pleased with my purchase
Very pleased with my purchaseVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
