Review
From the book jacket:
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 faced in
public high schools...
Beyond the Book
Frank McCourt
taught in the New York City
public schools for twenty-seven
years, the last seventeen of
which were spent at Stuyvesant
High School in Manhattan. After
retiring from teaching, Frank
and his brother, Malachy,
performed their two-man show,
A Couple of Blaguards, a
musical review about their Irish
Youth. In September 1996,
Scribner published Frank's
childhood memoir,
Angela's
Ashes, which spent 117 weeks
on the New York Times bestseller
list. After more than sixty-five
printings, there are over
2.3 million copies in...
