The Story of My Life (Scholastic Biography) - Softcover

Keller, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590443534 ISBN 13: 9780590443531

Publisher: Scholastic, 1995

Synopsis

Helen Keller's personal recollections and correspondence reveal her relationship with her beloved teacher, Annie Sullivan, and the problems and obstacles she encountered as she struggled to overcome her handicaps

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"This new edition helps us to consider and reconsider the phenomenal story from all its perspectives."

This new edition helps us to consider and reconsider the phenomenal story from all its perspectives.--Merle Rubin

From the Back Cover:

When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880-1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps-with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan-is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. In this classic autobiography, first published in 1903, Miss Keller recounts the first 22 years of her life, including the magical moment at the water pump when, recognizing the connection between the word "water" and the cold liquid flowing over her hand, she realized that objects had names. Subsequent experiences were equally noteworthy: her joy at eventually learning to speak, her friendships with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edward Everett Hale and other notables, her education at Radcliffe (from which she graduated cum laude), and-underlying all-her extraordinary relationship with Miss Sullivan, who showed a remarkable genius for communicating with her eager and quick-to-learn pupil. These and many other aspects of Helen Keller's life are presented here in clear, straightforward prose full of wonderful descriptions and imagery that would do credit to a sighted writer. Completely devoid of self-pity, yet full of love and compassion for others, this deeply moving memoir offers an unforgettable portrait of one of the outstanding women of the twentieth century.Large print edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0590443534
• ISBN 13: 9780590443531
• Binding: Paperback