Helen Keller (Multisource)

Dennis Wepman

ISBN 10: 0663585201 ISBN 13: 9780663585205

Publisher: Silver Burdett Ginn, 1995

Synopsis

-- Profiles the lives and careers of American women whose accomplishments have contributed to our society-- Fully illustrated with photographs and paintings

About this title

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8 Although there are numerous biographies of Helen Keller still in print, including her autobiography, The Story of My Life (Doubleday, 1954), this new one succinctly covers the highlights of her life, including a number of quotes from her writings and from those who knew her. (The negative remarks made by George Bernard Shaw in 1932 are particularly interesting.) These quotes enliven the book, which reads easily. It is more complete than Graff's Helen Keller (Dell, 1966) and Hunter's Helen Keller (Bookwright, 1986). It compares closest to The Helen Keller Story (Crowell, 1959) by Peare, but is a briefer and more scholarly study with less dialogue and no fictionalizing. The book is illustrated with numerous photographs from the American Foundation for the Blind and other sources. It is worth purchasing, if only for the photographs and to add new material on Helen Keller to biography sections. Margaret C. Howell, Cameron Elementary Sch . , Fairfax County, Va.
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Review

"This biography conveys Albright's intelligence, diplomacy, and patriotism...."

Edition details

• Publisher: Silver Burdett Ginn
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0663585201
• ISBN 13: 9780663585205
• Binding: Unknown Binding