The Story of Helen Keller

by Lorena A. Hickok

Paperback, 1967

Status

Available

Call number

920.11

Collection

Publication

Scholastic Book Service (1967)

Description

Helen Keller was deaf, dumb and blind, isolated in a world of silence and darkness. She couldn't get out of the black closet she lived in until Annie Sullivan arrived one day, burning with determination to free Helen's mind,and teach her to live as a real human being.

User reviews

LibraryThing member mrsarey
This was the first biography I ever read of Helen Keller when I was a child. It has remained one of my favorites. It is written well, and easy for a young adult to understand, while maintaining the story of the remarkable Helen.
LibraryThing member janeenv
I read this story as a girl and found it fascinating. Helen Keller lives in a dark work, unable to communicate with anyone because she was born blind and deaf. But then Anne Sullivan comes to teach her, and despite the fact that Helen has become a wild child, Miss Sullivan eventually teaches her to
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read, to write, and to live a full life. This is an amazing story!
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LibraryThing member KimSalyers
very interesting and a good read
LibraryThing member KimSalyers
very interesting and a good read

Language

Original publication date

1958

ISBN

0590339680 / 9780590339681
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