The invention of miracles: language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness
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9781501167096
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| Grouping Title | invention of miracles language power and alexander graham bells quest to end deafness |
| Grouping Author | katie booth |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-07-26 05:08:31AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-08-20 05:15:09AM |
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A "revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell, telling the true--and troubling--story of the inventor of the telephone. We think of [him] as the inventor of the telephone, but that's not how he saw his own career. Bell was an elocution teacher by profession. As the son of a deaf woman and, later, husband to another, his goal in life from adolescence was to teach the deaf to speak ... And yet by the end of his life, despite his best efforts--or perhaps, more accurately, because of them--Bell had become the American Deaf community's most powerful enemy"--
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Bell, Alexander Graham, -- 1847-1922
Biographies
Deaf -- Education -- United States -- History
Deaf -- Means of communication -- United States -- History
Speech -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History
Teachers of the deaf -- United States -- Biography
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Deaf -- Education -- United States -- History
Deaf -- Means of communication -- United States -- History
Speech -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History
Teachers of the deaf -- United States -- Biography
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The invention of miracles : language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness
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The invention of miracles : language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness / Katie Booth
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The invention of miracles
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language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness
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Bell, Alexander Graham
Deaf
Education
History
Means of communication
Speech
Study and teaching
Teachers of the deaf
Deaf
Education
History
Means of communication
Speech
Study and teaching
Teachers of the deaf
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