She touched the world : Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer /
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 eventual...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Clarion Books,
[2008]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 100 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm. |
| Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-96) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0618852999 (hardcover) 9780618852994 (hardcover) |