by Frank McCourt · Simon + Schuster Inc. · tapa dura · ISBN 9780743243773
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«Teacher Man» is Frank McCourt's memoir, published by Simon + Schuster Inc. in hardback (272 pages, in English).
Frank McCourt recounts his thirty years as a teacher in New York public high schools and how teaching shaped his second career as a writer. With unconventional methods —imaginative assignments, songs, and excursions— he connected with rebellious or indifferent teenagers while dreaming of telling his own story.
Third installment of Frank McCourt's memoirs (The Frank McCourt Memoirs), after Angela's Ashes and 'Tis.
Of interest to teachers and education students; suggested reading age 14 to 18.
Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
