Title |
She touched the world Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer
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Names |
Alexander, Sally Hobart.
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Alexander, Robert Joseph.
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Book Number |
DB066527
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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 |
Biography of Laura Bridgman (1829-1889), the first deaf-blind child to receive a formal education--decades before Helen Keller. Discusses the causes of Laura's deaf-blindness at age two; her sponsorship at Perkins Institution; and her success at learning manual sign language. For grades 4-7. 2008.
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Narrator |
Giannarelli, Laura.
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Local Subject |
Young Adult Non-Fiction - YN
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Short Book - SH
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Young Adult Book - YA
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Disability Interest - DII
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Notable Women - BIW
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Biography - Individuals w/ Disabilities - BID
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Disability Interest - Visual Disability - DIV
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Hearing Disability Interest - DIH
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Juvenile Book - JU
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Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN
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General Non-Fiction - GNF
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Audience Notes |
Female narrator.
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For grades 4-7.
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LC Subject |
Deafblind women - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature
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Call Number |
j362.41092 B JNF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2008
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2008 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : Clarion Books, c2008.
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