Helen keller biography chapter book download
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The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
With her letters () and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy
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Helen Keller Biography
Helen Keller Biography
The story of Helen Keller is the story of a child who, at the age of 19 months,
suddenly lost her hearing and vision, and who, against overwhelming odds and
with a great deal of persistence, grew into a highly smart eller klok and sensitive
woman who wrote, spoke, and labored incessantly for the betterment of others. So
powerful a emblem of triumph over adversity did she become that she has a
definite place in the history of our time and of times to come.
Helen Adams Keller was born a healthy child in Tuscumbia,
Alabama, U.S. on June 27, in a vit, frame cottage
called "Ivy Green." On her father's side she was descended
from Alexander Spottswood, a colonial governor of Virginia,
who was connected with the Lees and other Southern
families. On her mother's side, she was related to a number of
prominent New England families, including the Hales, the
Ivy, Green Everetts, and the Adamses. Her father, Captain Arthur Keller,
was the
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The Story of My Life. Parts I & II by HelenKeller, ; Part III from the letters and reports of Anne MansfieldSullivan, ca; Edited by John Albert Macy. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company,
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The Story of My Life
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HELEN KELLER AND MISS SULLIVAN
THE
STORY OF MY LIFE
By HELEN KELLER
WITH
HER LETTERS ()
AND
A SUPPLEMENTARY ACCOUNT
OF HER EDUCATION, INCLUDING
PASSAGES FROM THE REPORTS
AND LETTERS OF HER TEACHER,
ANNE MANSFIELD SULLIVAN
By JOHN ALBERT MACY
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
Copyright, , by
The Century Company
Copyright, , , , by
Helen Keller
To
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
WHO has taught the deaf to speak
and enabled the listening ear to hear
speech from the Atlantic to the Rockies,
I Dedicate
this Story of My Life.
EDITOR'S PREFACE
THIS book is in three parts. The first two, Miss Keller's story and the extracts from her letters, form a