Helen And Teacher: The Story Of Helen Keller And Anne Sullivan Macy
by Joseph P. Lash
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Portrays the lives and relationships of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy from the 1860s and Anne Sullivan's childhood in an almshouse, through the decades of international fame, to Helen's death in 1968.Tags
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Why did John Macy marry Annie Sullivan, anyway? Didn't do poor Helen any good.
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Joseph P. Lash (1909-1987) was secretary and confidant to Eleanor Roosevelt and the author of numerous books. Eleanor and Franklin won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
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Radcliffe Biography Series (1980)
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- Canonical title
- Helen And Teacher: The Story Of Helen Keller And Anne Sullivan Macy
- Original publication date
- 1980
- People/Characters
- Helen Keller; Anne Sullivan
- Important places
- Tewksbury, Massachusetts, USA; Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA
- Related movies
- Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984 | IMDb); The Miracle Worker (1962 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- To Elissa, Matthew, and Emily
- First words
- In 1955, in her seventy-fifth year, Helen Keller, a woman heaped with honors, still resolute in the service of the blind, esteemed by all and loved by those close to her, at long last finished her book about her teacher, Anne... (show all) Sullivan Macy.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I believe that when the eyes within my physical eyes shall open upon the world to come, I shall simply be consciously living in the country of my heart.
Classifications
- Genres
- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 371.91 — Society, government, & culture Education Schools and their activities; special education Education of special classes Physical Disabilities and Impediments
- LCC
- HV1624 .K4 .L37 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Protection, assistance and relief Special classes People with disabilities
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 10
- ASINs
- 3
