02441cam a2200421 a 4500 14977532 OSt 20150408114145.0 070823s2008 nyuab j b 001 0beng 2007034978 0618852999 (hardcover) : $18.00 9780618852994 (hardcover) : $18.00 (OCoLC)ocn167506083 (OCoLC)167506083 Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER UPZ TEF DLC lcac n-us--- HV1624.B7 A44 2008 362.41092 ASS 22 Alexander, Sally Hobart. 38466 She touched the world : Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer / by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander. New York : Clarion Books, c2008. xi, 100 p. : ill., map, 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96) and index. 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. 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. A Junior Library Guild selection Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889 Juvenile literature. 38467 Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889. 38468 Deafblind women United States Biography Juvenile literature. 38335 Deafblind women United States Biography. 38335 Alexander, Robert Joseph, 1944- 38469 Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0725/2007034978.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BOOK 31530 266030 0 2013-10-28 0 0 362.41092 ASS 2013-10-28 CL 00402413 CL 2013-10-28 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0 0 2013-10-28 0 0 362.41092 ASS 2013-10-28 CL 00402414 CL 2013-10-28 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0 0 2013-10-28 0 0 362.41092 ASS 2013-10-28 CL 00402415 CL 2013-10-28 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0 0 2013-10-28 0 0 362.41092 ASS 2013-10-28 SZM 00402416 SZM 2013-10-28 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0 0 2013-10-28 0 0 362.41092 ASS 2013-10-28 SZM 00402417 SZM 2013-10-28 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0