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The education of Laura Bridgman : first deaf and blind person to learn language / Ernest Freeberg.
Van Pelt Library HV1624.B7 F74 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeberg, Ernest.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889.
- Bridgman, Laura Dewey.
- Deafblind women--United States--Biography.
- Deafblind women.
- Deafblind women--Education.
- United States.
- Deafblind women--Education--United States.
- Bridgman, Laura.
- Local Subjects:
- Bridgman, Laura.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Anticipating the life of Helen Keller a half-century later, Laura Bridgman's is a pioneering tale of her journey from isolation to accomplishment. This book is both a success story of how a sightless and soundless girl gained contact with an ever-widening world, and also a cautionary tale about the way moral crusades and scientific progress can compromise each other. 12 halftones.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674005899
- OCLC:
- 45636807
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