Edmund Booth : deaf pioneer /
Annotation "Born in 1810, Edmund Booth epitomized virtually everything that characterized an American legend of the 19th century. He taught school in Harford, CT, then went west to Anamosa, Iowa, where he built the area's first frame house. He left in 1849 to travel the Overland Trail on h...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Washington, D.C. :
Gallaudet University Press,
2004.
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| Colecção: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=148361 |
Sumário:
- The early years
- Journey to Iowa
- Anamosa
- On the California Trail
- The making of a Forty-Niner
- Best friends
- Wearing out
- Home again
- The Civil War years
- Raising a family
- The deaf community
- The sound of trumpets.