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The imprisoned guest : : Samuel Howe and Laura Bridgman, the original deaf-blind girl
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Names |
Gitter, Elisabeth.
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Book Number |
BR013353
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Download Link |
Volume 1.
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Volume 2.
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Volume 3.
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Annotation |
The life of Laura Bridgman, deaf and blind from age two, who became one of the most famous women of the mid-nineteenth century. Explores her education with Samuel Howe at Boston's Perkins Institution for the Blind; views her achievements in the context of American social, cultural, and intellectual history. 2001.
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Local Subject |
General Non-Fiction - GNF
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Hearing Disability Interest - DIH
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Adult Book - AD
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Short Book - SH
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Biography - Notable Women - BIW
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Women's Interest - WOM
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Blind Individuals - BIDV
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Disability Interest - Visual Disability - DIV
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Biography - Individuals w/ Disabilities - BID
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Disability Interest - DII
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History, United States - HUS
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Massachusetts Interest - MAI
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Biography - Historical - BIH
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Audience Notes |
A
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LC Subject |
Deafblind women - United States - Biography
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Teachers of deafblind people - United States - Biography
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Call Number |
362.41092 B ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2001
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2001 (National Braille Press, transcribing agency. National Braille Press, distributor.)
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Original Publication |
Transcription of: 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
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