Helen Keller: Courage in Darkness
Author(s): Emma Carlson Berne
Helen Keller lived in darkness and silence, but she dazzled the world with her accomplishments. Her powerful story lives on in this remarkable biography by Emma Carlson Berne. Find out about: the illness that destroyed young Helen's sight and hearing; her explosive first meeting with her teacher Annie Sullivan; her struggle to become the first blind/deaf student ever awarded a degree from prestigious Radcliffe College; and the romance that almost led to marriage and her life as writer, lecturer and world traveller.
Product Information
Emma Carlson Berne has written and edited over two dozen books for children and young adults, including biographies of William Shakespeare, Sacagawea, Frida Kahlo, Snoop Dogg, and Christopher Columbus.
General Fields
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- : Sterling Juvenile
- : Sterling Juvenile
- : 0.259
- : 09 April 2009
- : 190mm X 140mm X 10mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Emma Carlson Berne
- : Paperback
- : 362.41092
- : 128
- : Disability & illness; History; Human geography / peoples of the world; True stories
- : full colour throughout, includes illustrations, includes photographs