The imprisoned guest : Samuel Howe and Laura Bridgman, the original deaf-blind girl / Elisabeth Gitter.
In 1837, Samuel Gridley Howe, director of Boston's Perkins Institution for the Blind, heard about a bright, deaf-blind seven year old, the daughter of New Hampshire farmers. At once he resolved to rescue her from the darkness and silence of the tomb, and indeed, thanks to Howe and an extraordin...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2001.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Main Collection
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HV1624.B7 G57 2001 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |