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Rent Teacher Man: A Memoir
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Narrator: Frank McCourt
Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Nov 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Retail Price: $49.95
Discs: 9
Synopsis
The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Angela's Ashes describes his coming of age as a teacher, storyteller, and writer, a personal journey during which he spent fifteen years finding his voice in the classroom and came to terms with the undervalued importance of teaching. Simultaneous.
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