Before writing '' Angela 's Ashes '' (1996) , his best-selling memoir about his impoverished childhood in Ireland , Frank McCourt spent three decades teaching in New York City , conducting , by his count , at least 33,000 classes and instructing some 12,000 students .
Frank McCourt
New York City
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Frank McCourt
New York City
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Angela
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Frank McCourt
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New York City