Teacher Man

By: Frank McCourt

Narrated by: Frank McCourt

Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of 66, 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 audiobook 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.

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Critic reviews

• Winner of Audio Publishers Association 2007 Audie Award, Biography/Memoir

"Should be mandatory reading for every teacher in America. And it wouldn't hurt some politicians to read it, too." (Publishers Weekly)
"Teacher Man is an irresistible valedictory, about a man finding his voice in the classroom, on the page and in his soul." (The New York Times)

Excellent book~

This book made me laugh out loud a few times. I really liked his story telling and his voice. He's a great reader. I've been a teacher for 22 years and would have a different approach to pedigogy, but that aside, I loved the book and recommend it higly.

This was pure delight for an english professor in training

I work at a university advising students and am earning my PhD to teach writing in college. He touches on some things that are known pedagogy today that his students were lucky to experience from him then. If you have anything to do with young people I think you will find this an enjoyable and funny listen. I read Angela’s Ashes as a teen but am discovering this pure joy in my 30s, and could not have enjoyed it more. It made me laugh and cry, and McCourt’s lilting Irish narration is like getting to hear him tell his own tales directly to your ear.

Loved it!

I really enjoyed this very unique book enhanced by McCourt's easily-understood Irish accent and affable personality.

LOL With AFeeling !!

OMG Frank McCourt Is So Funny !! He's Got th be the Best Story Teller in the World !! Im So Glad that he narrates His own Books !! I sit and listen to these books over and over, FMc.s books Never gets tired. soon sad we lost Frank McCourt, but we're blessed to get 3 📚
Angela's Ashes
Teacher Man and
Tis
God Bless Frank McCourt
You'll Live forever !!
We Luv You

I wish there was more

The Frank McCourt trilogy is a treasure. If he had lived longer I’m sure he could have found more to write about. I could have listened to him for hours more.

Wonderful to listen to

This was the most wonderful memoir. McCourt has spoken for many educators who just want to be left alone to teach in classrooms of America. We want the politicians to just "Leave people alone" We are all doing the best that we can, considering the talent we have been sent. We help some to grow academically, but mostly we want to help them to grow into productive members of society. The politicians want us to send out a group of lemmings. Education is about teaching to differences and teaching diferently. McCourt celebrates just that as he reads to us about the love of his life... Helping children, and young adults to see the wonder within themsleves.

loved it

Reading this book confirmed to me that I went into the right profession. McCourt's stories about teaching for 30 years in NYC public schools was very inspirational to read and at times I just laughed out loud becuase I knew exactly what he was talking about. It really is a great read espeically if you are a teacher.

typical superb McCourt work

I've stood in the same teacher shoes McCourt describes. But, oh, how HE can describe it! His accent and phrasing is a joy to hear; anyone who simply reads the book for himself will miss that dimension of this excellent work. I only wish that his analysis of administrators was too cruel, or exaggerated. It isn't. He's fair and accurate in how he describes the ladder-climbers of large, and even small, public school systems. McCourt, I'm so pleased to hear you, at long last, reach deep into the souls of those students and yourself, to reach an enjoyment of what you were working at, and to have students return to find you. And I hope that your cot is no longer celibate!

excellent for anyone

teachar or not -- you will love this book whether you are a teacher or not.

A Master Teacher

Being a high school teacher myself, I found this book to be funny and heartwarming. It hit close to home, and I found myself commiserating with McCourt in many circumstances. He dignifies the profession of teaching, and makes me proud to be a teacher.