Overview
Finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize
āMeticulously researched, crackling with insights, and rich in novelistic detailā (Steve Silberman), this āprovocative, sensitive, beautifully written biographyā (Sylvia Nasar) tells the trueāand troublingāstory of Alexander Graham Bellās quest to end deafness.
āResearched and written through the Deaf perspective, this marvelously engaging history will have us rethinking the invention of the telephone.ā āJaipreet Virdi, PhD, author of Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History
We think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone, but thatās not how he saw his own career. As the son of a deaf woman and, later, husband to another, his goal in life from adolescence was to teach deaf students to speak. Even his tinkering sprang from his teaching work; the telephone had its origins as a speech reading machine.
The Invention of Miracles takes a āstirringā (The New York Times Book Review), āprovocativeā (The Boston Globe), āscrupulously researchedā (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 Bellās: 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 communityās fight to reclaim a once-forbidden language.
Katie Booth has been researching this story for more than fifteen years, poring over Bellās papers, Library of Congress archives, and the records of deaf schools around America. But sheās also lived with this story for her entire life. Witnessing the damaging impact of Bellās legacy on her family would set her on a path that overturned everything she thought she knew about language, power, deafness, and the telephone.
This book title, The Invention of Miracles (Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness) - 9781501167119, ISBN: 9781501167119, by Katie Booth, published by Simon & Schuster (April 26, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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