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010 _a 2007034978
020 _a0618852999 (hardcover) :
_c$18.00
020 _a9780618852994 (hardcover) :
_c$18.00
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn167506083
035 _a(OCoLC)167506083
037 _bJunior Library Guild
_nhttp://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
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050 0 0 _aHV1624.B7
_bA44 2008
082 0 0 _a362.41092
_aASS
_222
100 1 _aAlexander, Sally Hobart.
_938466
245 1 0 _aShe touched the world :
_bLaura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer /
_cby Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander.
260 _aNew York :
_bClarion Books,
_cc2008.
300 _axi, 100 p. :
_bill., map,
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 94-96) and index.
505 0 _aImportant 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.
520 _aWhen 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.
586 8 _aA Junior Library Guild selection
600 1 0 _aBridgman, Laura Dewey,
_d1829-1889
_vJuvenile literature.
_938467
600 1 1 _aBridgman, Laura Dewey,
_d1829-1889.
_938468
650 0 _aDeafblind women
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_vJuvenile literature.
_938335
650 1 _aDeafblind women
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_938335
700 1 _aAlexander, Robert Joseph,
_d1944-
_938469
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0725/2007034978.html
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