Teacher: Anne Sullivan Macy: A Tribute by the Foster-child of Her Mind.
by Keller, Helen ( Nella Braddy Henney Introduction)
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1956. First UK Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages. First UK edition. The price clipped jacket is lightly foxed; the first 19 pages, Nella Braddy Henney's introduction, and pp 214 to 224 badly along the fore-edge spilling into the blank outer edge. There is a gift inscription on the front end paper signed Patrick and James [McCaughey]. The foxing is its major and only sin. "When Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute, was six years old, a young woman named Anne Sullivan entered her life. The daughter of Irish immigrants, Miss Sullivan was poor, ill, and nearly blind herself. She was inexperienced as a teacher. Yet she had the relentless vitality that was to force her pupil's unwilling mind from the depths of unconsciousness. To attempt to reach the intelligence of a young girl who fought the dark, silent world about her with temper tantrums and stubbornness--this was no project for an inexperienced young woman. But Anne Sullivan refused to admit defeat. When Helen was nine Miss Sullivan's untiring efforts were rewarded; her pupil was able to speak the words "I am not dumb now." It was one of the most dramatic achievements in the history of teaching. The introduction to this book outlines briefly the lives of these two vital women--their early life together as teacher and pupil, Helen's years at Radcliffe, the vaudeville tours and Hollywood movie, and their long association with the American Foundation for the Blind--to provide a background for this remarkable, inspiring biography by Helen Keller of her great teacher."(Dust jacket different edition).
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- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020841
- Title
- Teacher: Anne Sullivan Macy: A Tribute by the Foster-child of Her Mind.
- Author
- Keller, Helen ( Nella Braddy Henney Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Helen Keller Anne Sullivan
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