| Description |
xi, 100 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-96) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 6.9 2.0 120558. |
| Subject |
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889 -- Juvenile literature.
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Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpdQbQ7Tk7MWPd7vm8t8C |
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Deafblind women. |
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United States. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Juvenile works.
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Biographies.
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Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Alexander, Robert J., 1944- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjKQdXYdq3QhtwqfJJbHfm
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| ISBN |
0618852999 (hardcover) |
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9780618852994 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
9780618852994 51800 |
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