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Silent life and silent language : the inner life of a mute in an institution for the deaf /
"Silent Life and Silent Language presents a fictionalized account of life at a Midwestern residential school for deaf students in the years following the Civil War. Based on the experiences of the author, who became deaf at the age of nine and entered a residential school when she was twelve, t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Gallaudet University Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Gallaudet classics in deaf studies ;
11th. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Author's Preface; Introduction; 1 An Illness, and Its Result; 2 Mr. Raymond Visits the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; 3 Carrie's Life in the Institution Commences; 4 The Commencement of School Duties; 5 Learning New Lessons; 6 Thanksgiving Day; 7 Promoted; 8 Christmas at the Institution; 9 The New Year-Encountering Difficulties; 10 Some Glimpses into the Condition and Doings of Deaf-Mutes; 11 Easter Sunday; 12 The Annual Examination; 13 Going Home to Spend Vacation; 14 School Duties Resumed; 15 Dozing, and Other Incidents.
- 16 Some Unexpected Events17 A Picnic, and How It Ended; 18 Closing Exercises of the Term; 19 The Opening of Another Term; 20 The Magic-Lantern Entertainment; 21 Friendships; 22 The Ending of Another Year; 23 Public Exhibitions; 24 Spiritual Interests; 25 Some Birthday Customs; 26 The Sad End of Two Runaways; 27 Some Happenings; 28 The Library-Its Contents-Their Uses and Value; 29 Some Little Incidents; 30 A Description of the New Building; 31 Persons and Organizations; 32 Uncounted Blessings; 33 Pleasures, Tribulations, and Triumphs; 34 Winning a Prize; 35 In the Academic Class.
- 36 A Pleasant Surprise37 A Departure-Compositions; 38 Scenes-Gloomy and Gay; 39 Events of the Passing Time; 40 Harsh Treatment, and Its Results; 41 Another Term; 42 Conclusion.