Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Frank McCourt" in English language version.
The proceedings bear out a determination to set the record straight about the tragedy of the Great Famine, and evince a reverence for John F. Kennedy, a pride in iconic Irish-Americans George M. Cohan and James Cagney, and a humorous, slightly bitter attitude toward British oppression
His referees had told the department he did not have sufficient military service to qualify for a pension, so the department turned him down. The unnamed official did not elaborate. The files suggest that McCourt did not appeal the department's findings, as many did at the time.
Being with Frank in a public place in New York is to know firsthand the power of freshly minted celebrity. In Limerick, however, opinion is rather more divided.
With text from the book jacket and some other information.
For most of his life, until he was well into his 60s, Frank McCourt wasn't a writer; he was a teacher. But it is as a writer, the author of the wildly successful memoir Angela's Ashes, that he will be remembered. He died on July 19 in New York of meningitis. He was 78 years old.
