num_pages: 400
description: A New York Times Bestselling Author By his own account, Frank McCourt was one of the greenest, least prepared, most intimidated men in the world the day he confronted 35 disenchanted Staten Island adolescents in his first English class in 1967. On that morning, he made himself into a story, and students were paying attention. Over the course of many years, Frank finds his own voice by telling stories that would keep an adolescent engaged. He discovers where his loyalties lie - with students, not principals; what's wrong with allegedly classless American culture; and why he will always understand an underdog.
language: English
title: Teacher Man: A Memoir
titlecomplete: Teacher Man: A Memoir
characters: Frank McCourt
genres: Audiobook, Teaching, Autobiography, Memoir, Biography, Education, Irish Literature, Biography Memoir, Ireland, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 38096
places: The United States of America
series: Frank McCourt
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Audie Award
category: Biography/Memoir
publisher: Scribner