The invention of miracles : language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness / Katie Booth.

By:

Booth, Katie (Writing instructor)

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: ix, 402 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

150116709X (hardcover)
9781501167096 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

371.91/2 23

LOC classification:

HV2426.B39 B66 2021

Summary: In this revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell, the author explores how Bell was an elocution teacher by profession as well as an inventor whose goal was to teach the deaf to speak. And he ultimately became the American deaf community's most powerful enemy as he attempted to stamp out American Sign Language.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction	Non-fiction	371 .912 Booth (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		28557

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell, the author explores how Bell was an elocution teacher by profession as well as an inventor whose goal was to teach the deaf to speak. And he ultimately became the American deaf community's most powerful enemy as he attempted to stamp out American Sign Language.

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