The story of my life
Title:
The story of my life
Author:
Added Author:
Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936.
Macy, John Albert, 1877-1932.
Shattuck, Roger.
Herrmann, Dorothy.
ISBN:
9780393057447
Physical Description:
xix, 471 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:
English
Format:
Book
General Note:
"The restored classic 1903-2003."
The contents of the original 1903 edition reformatted in a different order and layout. Cf. Foreword.
Subject:
| Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography. |
| Keller, Helen, 1880-1968. |
Contents:
One book, three authors / Roger Shattuck -- Helen Keller's account -- Writing of the book / John Macy -- Story of my life -- Helen Keller's notebooks -- Anne Sullivan's account -- Introduction / John Macy -- Anne Sullivan's letters and reports (1887-94) -- John Macy's account -- Helen's personality -- Miss Sullivan's educational methods -- Helen's speech -- Helen's literary style and the "Frost King" episode -- Helen Keller's letters (1887-1901) -- Introduction / John Macy -- Letters (1887-1901) -- Appendix: John Macy's 1903 preface to the story of my life -- John Macy "Helen Keller as she really is, "Ladies' Home Journal, 1902 (extracts) -- Two further accounts by Helen Keller of the scene at the water pump -- From my religion (1927) -- From Teacher (1955) -- Notes -- Dorothy Herrmann -- Afterword: Mind of one's wwn / Roger Shattuck -- Resources and further reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
