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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, Sally Hobart
Other Authors: Alexander, Robert Joseph, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Clarion Books, [2008]
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520 |a 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. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-96) and index. 
505 0 |a Important people in Laura Bridgman's life -- Introduction -- A delicate plant -- In touch -- Friends and frustrations -- "A very unusually tall [man]" -- Taken away -- What can Laura do? -- Words! words! words! -- Schoolgirl -- Windows open -- Weapon or masterpiece? -- "Is God ever surprised?" -- Famous -- Farewells -- Afterword: if Laura were alive today. 
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