Kerry Michael Wood
Author of Past Imperfect, Present Progressive
Works by Kerry Michael Wood
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- Canonical name
- Wood, Kerry Michael
- Legal name
- Wood, Kerry Michael
- Birthdate
- 1938
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Pacific Grove, California, USA
- Occupations
- teacher
writer - Short biography
- Kerry Michael Wood taught English and foreign languaes at Menlo School, Ravenswood High, Woodside High, all in California, and Robert Academy of Istanbul, Turkey. Wood also co-authored several literature textbooks for Scott, Foresman and Company. He retired to Pacific Grove, California, with his wife, Sally, after a teaching career spanning 39 years.
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This book contains a record of his life, and a marker in mine. The author's perspective was different from mine, but the backdrop of our lives was the same. Reading this book was like looking for the first time at the lives of your parents, or finding out the secret motivations of your heroes and understanding them completely because of the passage of time.
I thank Mr. Wood for recording his life for posterity, and encourage others to read this memoir of strength, courage, and inspiration. An American teacher's life on stage in northern California in the '60s could not help but be an exciting read. What you'll get in addition is something that is poetic, revealing and thought-provoking, too. If you knew him like his students did, you wouldn't be so surprised.… (more)