The Education of Laura Bridgman

First Deaf and Blind Person to Learn Language

Ernest Freeberg

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$31.00 • £24.95 • €28.00

ISBN 9780674010055

Publication Date: 10/15/2002

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272 pages

5-3/4 x 8-7/8 inches

14 halftones

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: General

Introduction
1. In Quest of His Prize
2. Mind over Matter
3. In the Public Eye
4. Body and Mind
5. The Instinct to Be Good
6. Punishing Thoughts
7. Sensing God
8. Crisis
9. Disillusionment
10. A New Theory of Human Nature
11. My Sunny Home
12. Legacy
Abbreviations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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