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Beyond the miracle worker, the remarkable life of Anne Sullivan Macy and her extraordinary friendship with Helen Keller, Kim E. Nielsen

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Beyond the miracle worker, the remarkable life of Anne Sullivan Macy and her extraordinary friendship with Helen Keller, Kim E. Nielsen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond the miracle worker

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Kim E. Nielsen

Sub title

the remarkable life of Anne Sullivan Macy and her extraordinary friendship with Helen Keller

Summary

Evaluates the pivotal role of Helen Keller's teacher in advocating and enabling the famous sight- and hearing-impaired woman's remarkable achievements, offering insight into lesser-known aspects of their deep friendship while tracing Annie's own struggles with poverty, blindness, and psychological scars

Table Of Contents

Feeding hills, 1866-1876 -- Tewksbury Almshouse, 1876-1880 -- Perkins, 1880-1886 : part one -- Perkins, 1880-1886 : part two -- Becoming teacher, 1887 -- Tuscumbia, 1888-1891 -- The battle for Helen, round 1, 1891-1894 -- The battle for Helen, round 2, 1894-1900 -- Radcliffe, 1900-1904 -- John, 1904-1914 -- On the road, 1914-1924 -- The American Foundation for the Blind, 1924-1930 -- Concluding, 1930-1936

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