| Description |
xi, 100 p. : ill., map, 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96) and index. |
| Contents |
Important people in Laura Bridgman's life -- Introduction -- A delicate plant -- In touch -- Friends and frustrations -- "A very unusually tall [man]" -- Taken away -- What can Laura do? -- Words! words! words! -- Schoolgirl -- Windows open -- Weapon or masterpiece? -- "Is God ever surprised?" -- Famous -- Farewells -- Afterword: if Laura were alive today. |
| Summary |
When she was just two years old, Laura Bridgman lost her sight, her hearing, and most of her senses of smell and taste. But then a progressive doctor, who had just opened the country's first school for the blind in Boston, took her in. Laura learned to communicate, read, and write--and eventually even to teach. |
| Subject |
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889.
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Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Alexander, Robert Joseph, 1944-
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| ISBN |
0618852999 |
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9780618852994 |
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