Title |
The unseen minority a social history of blindness in America
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Names |
Koestler, Frances A.
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Book Number |
DB037927
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Examines U.S. contributions toward improving the condition of blind individuals. Discusses the invention of braille and the origins of the talking book. Includes portraits of Louis Braille of France, Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan Macy, and Dorothy Eustis, as well as detailed accounts of mid-twentieth-century federal and state legislation.
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Narrator |
Benson, Esther.
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Local Subject |
Disability Interest - DII
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General Non-Fiction - GNF
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Adult Book - AD
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Disability Interest - Visual Disability - DIV
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History - HST
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History, United States - HUS
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Long Book - LO
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Politics and Government - POL
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Technology & Computers - TEC
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Sociology - SOC
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Social Needs and Problems - CONP
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Current Events / Contemporary Issues - CON
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Audience Notes |
Female narrator.
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LC Subject |
Blind - United States - History
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Call Number |
362.410973 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
1976
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1976 (AFB, recording studio)
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : D. McKay Co., c1976.
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