Bibliograph

The story of my life, Helen Keller ; with supplementary accounts by Anne Sullivan, her teacher, and John Albert Macy ; edited with a new foreword and afterword by Roger Shattuck with Dorothy Herrmann

Type

Label

The story of my life, Helen Keller ; with supplementary accounts by Anne Sullivan, her teacher, and John Albert Macy ; edited with a new foreword and afterword by Roger Shattuck with Dorothy Herrmann

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-457) and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The story of my life

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51242090

Responsibility statement

Helen Keller ; with supplementary accounts by Anne Sullivan, her teacher, and John Albert Macy ; edited with a new foreword and afterword by Roger Shattuck with Dorothy Herrmann

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

Classification