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Widescreen DVD collectionMcCourt, Frank.
Summary: "'Tis is the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank lands in New York at age nineteen, in the company of a priest he meets on the boat. He gets a job at the Biltmore Hotel, where he immediately encounters the vivid hierarchies of this "classless country," and then is drafted into the army and is sent to Germany to train dogs and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.McCourt, Frank.
Summary: An unflinching vision of life on the dole in Ireland told with humor and grace.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1996
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MCCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 929.2 MCCMcCourt, Frank.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 MCCMcCourt, Frank.
Summary: In this tribute to teachers everywhere. McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments, singalongs and field trips. As he struggles to find his way in the classroom, he spends his evenings drinking with writers and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.1 MCCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MCCOURT MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio McCourtMcCourt, Frank.
Summary: The third installment of McCourt's memoirs (after Angela's Ashes and 'Tis) covers his thirty-year teaching career in New York City's public high schools.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 371.1 McCouMcCourt, Frank.
Summary: Continues the sometimes harrowing tale of the author's youth as he immigrates from Ireland to the United States, joins the Army, goes to college, and begins building a life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.71 MCCMcCourt, Frank.
Summary: The author's memoir of his journey from impoverished Irish immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 974.71 MCCMcCourt, Frank.
Summary: The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt, the oldest son in a tightly-knit family. Living by his wits, cheered by his irrepressible spirit, and sustained by his mother's fierce love, Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANGMcCourt, Frank H.
Summary: "The internet as we know it is broken. Here's how we can seize back control of our lives from the corporate algorithms that have poisoned our digital information system and create a third-generation Internet that uplifts humanity-before it's too late"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 MCCSummary: Based on the children's book 'Angela And The Baby Jesus' by Frank McCourt, comes a funny, heartwarming, poignant story about the power of family and the innocent desire of a child to ensure everyone is safe, warm, and loved at Christmas time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2019
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday AnContents: Disc 1: The songs and stories. The stories they brought ; Our ship it is ready to sail away (8:02) -- Preparing to leave ; Thousands are sailing (7:59) -- The goodbye ; Greenfields of Amerikay (7:45) -- To be left behind ; A stor mo chroGi (7:19) -- Becoming an American ; Castles of gold (9:06) -- The arrival ; Stormy seas ; The highlander (8:35) -- The immigrant's return ; The hill of...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Linnet 2002