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English
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The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man. A dashing young orator during the Great Famine of the 1840s, in which a million of his Irish countrymen died, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony. He escaped and six months later was heralded in the streets of New York — the revolutionary hero, back from...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
p2005
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (5.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On McCourt's first day as a teacher, a fight broke out--which ended when a student tossed a sandich in anger. McCourt picked up the sandwich and ate it. For the next three decades, his calm demeanor and stories of difficult childhood in Ireland helped him connect with his students. He grew as a teacher and as a person, developing new techniques to educate his students. But he also became disillusioned with public-school bureaucracy, and what he has...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
p1999
Physical Desc
12 compact sound discs (14 hrs.) : Dolby processed ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Rarely has a book so swiftly found its place on the literary landscape. And now we have 'Tis, the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank lands in New York at age nineteen...
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