Angela's Ashes
By Frank McCourt; Frank McCourt (Read by)
(Simon & Schuster Audio, Compact Disc, Abridged, 9780671043018)
Publication Date: April 1, 1998
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Hardcover, Compact Disc, , Paperback
Categories: Ethnic Cultures - General, Historical - General
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Frank McCourt (1930-2009) was born in in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, Angela's Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the L.A. Times Book Award. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers John Dewey Award for Excellence in Education.











