Frank McCourt Returns to Teaching in Teacher Man
New memoir traces McCourt's 1958 Staten Island start at McKee Vocational School and three decades in New York classrooms. He recalls riot threats over a thrown sandwich, five-class days, and a career shaped by discipline, storytelling, and shifting roles from drill sergeant to mentor.
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