Bookishgal » Frank McCourt http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book! - Thoreau Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:30:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Farewell to Frank McCourt http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/2009/07/20/farewell-to-frank-mccourt/ http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/2009/07/20/farewell-to-frank-mccourt/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:11:30 +0000 Phyl http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/?p=758 Such sad news, that author Frank McCourt has died. (“Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize Winner, dies”) He was the retired school teacher who sprang into public notice in his 60s, with the publication of his first novel, Angela’s Ashes.

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