Invention of miracles: language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness

By:

Booth, Katie

Publication details: Simon and Schuster, 2021. New York:Description: 402p.; hb; 24cmISBN:

9781501167096

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.4283 BOO

Summary: The Invention of Miracles takes a “stirring” (The New York Times Book Review), “provocative” (The Boston Globe), “scrupulously researched” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) new look at an American icon, revealing the astonishing true genesis of the telephone and its connection to another, far more disturbing legacy of Bell’s: his efforts to suppress American Sign Language. Weaving together a dazzling tale of innovation with a moving love story, the book offers a heartbreaking account of how a champion can become an adversary and an enthralling depiction of the deaf community’s fight to reclaim a once-forbidden language. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Invention-of-Miracles/Katie-Booth/9781501167096

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Includes notes, bibliography and index

The Invention of Miracles takes a “stirring” (The New York Times Book Review), “provocative” (The Boston Globe), “scrupulously researched” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) new look at an American icon, revealing the astonishing true genesis of the telephone and its connection to another, far more disturbing legacy of Bell’s: his efforts to suppress American Sign Language. Weaving together a dazzling tale of innovation with a moving love story, the book offers a heartbreaking account of how a champion can become an adversary and an enthralling depiction of the deaf community’s fight to reclaim a once-forbidden language.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Invention-of-Miracles/Katie-Booth/9781501167096

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