Helen Keller
Author
Language
English
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Description
When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880-1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps-with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan-is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. In this classic autobiography, first published in 1903, Miss Keller recounts the first 22 years of her life, including the magical moment at...
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In her earlier works, Helen Keller described the details of the early illness that left her deaf and blind, and in the prevailing opinion of the day, unable to be educated, as well as the methods that were eventually used to teach her how to communicate. In the remarkable memoir The World I Live In, Keller offers a much more personal take on her situation, inviting readers inside her own personal experience.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 378
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A deluxe hardcover edition of Keller's classic memoir The Story of My Life--presented in complete and unredacted form--along with the brilliant, still-underappreciated personal essays of The World I Live In, in which Keller reflects on the senses, language, philosophy, dreams, and belief. Includes a selection of more than a dozen essays, speeches, and letters--most of them out-of-print, previously uncollected, or previously unpublished--revealing...
Publisher
Phoenix Learning Group
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Language
English
Description
Through newsreels, interviews, photographs and motion pictures, traces the life of Helen Keller from birth until 76 years of age, and shows how this blind, deaf, and mute woman became one of the most celebrated women of two centuries.
17) Helen Keller
Publisher
Questar Video
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Archival films and commentary by H.V. Kaltenborn are used to trace the life of Helen Keller and her triumph over serious handicaps with the help of teacher Anne Sullivan.