Book : Teacher Man A Memoir - McCourt, Frank

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author who wore his celebrity with extraordinary grace comes a magnificently appealing book about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice.Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angelas 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 McCourts 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 compelling honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faced in the classroom. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he worked to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure. Review Full of gritty specifics, never preachy, often hilarious, McCourts third book thrusts you right into the hormones-and-catcalls chaos of the classroom. . . . Along the way, we get the best self-portrait of a public school teacher ever written. -- Malcolm Jones, NewsweekTeacher Man is, in fact, the best book in the trilogy, an enthralling work of autobiographical storytelling. -- Phillip Lopate, Los Angeles TimesA beguiling, moving story. . . . McCourt describes the teacher we all wish wed had. -- Ron Charles, The Washington PostA brilliantly funny, poignant, brilliant hoot of a book. -- Diane Roberts, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionTeacher Man is simply brilliant. -- Jeff Guin, Fort Worth Star-TelegramFrank McCourt has done it again.... Teacher Man is an irresistible valedictory, about a man finding his voice in the classroom, on the page and in his soul. -- Ben Yagoda, The New York Times Book Review*Enthralling. -- Phillip Lopate, Los Angeles TimesAs good as writing gets about teaching and learning. -- Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY About the Author Frank McCourt (1930-2009) was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, Angela’s Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers John Dewey Award for Excellence in Education. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Teacher ManA MemoirBy Frank McCourtScribnerCopyright ©2006 Frank McCourtAll right reserved.ISBN: 9780743243780PrologueIf I knew anything about Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis Id be able to trace all my troubles to my miserable childhood in Ireland. That miserable childhood deprived me of self-esteem, triggered spasms of self pity, paralyzed my emotions, made me cranky, envious and disrespectful of authority, retarded my development, crippled my doings with the opposite sex, kept me from rising in the world and made me unfit, almost, for human society. How I became a teacher at all and remained one is a miracle and I have to give myself full marks for surviving all those years in the classrooms of New York. There should be a medal for people who survive miserable childhoods and become teachers, and I should be first in line for the medal and whatever bars might be appended for ensuing miseries.I could lay blame. The miserable childhood doesnt simply happen. It is brought about. There are dark forces. If I am to lay blame it is in