Bibliograph

She touched the world, Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer, by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander

Type

Label

She touched the world, Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer, by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

She touched the world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

167506083

Responsibility statement

by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander

Sub title

Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification