The Resource She touched the world : Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer, by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander
She touched the world : Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer, by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 100 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780618852994
- Label
- She touched the world : Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer
- Title
- She touched the world
- Title remainder
- Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer
- Statement of responsibility
- by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Awards note
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alexander, Sally Hobart
- Dewey number
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- 362.4/1092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV1624.B7
- LC item number
- A44 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Alexander, Robert J.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Bridgman, Laura Dewey
- Bridgman, Laura Dewey
- Deafblind women
- Deafblind women
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- She touched the world : Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer, by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1114269
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 100 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618852994
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2007034978
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1114269
- (OCoLC)167506083
- Label
- She touched the world : Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer, by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1114269
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 100 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618852994
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2007034978
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1114269
- (OCoLC)167506083
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