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In Adventures of a Deaf-Mute, Deaf New Englander William B. Swett recounts his adventures in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the late 1860s. Given to us in short, energetic episodes, Swett tells daring stories of narrow escapes from death and other perilous experiences during his time as a h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Swett, William B., 1824-1884
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Swett, William B., > 1824-1884.
Gallaudet, T. H. > (Thomas Hopkins), > 1787-1851.
Clerc, Laurent, > 1785-1869.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Travel.
Sign language.
Hiking.
Finger spelling.
Deaf.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Personnes sourdes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Langage par signes.
Épellation digitale.
Deaf > United States > Biography.
Hiking > White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)
United States > White Mountains (New Hampshire and Maine)
United States.
White Mountains (N.H. et Maine) > Descriptions et voyages.
White Mountains (N.H. and Me.) > Description and travel.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Kristen C. Harmon
  • Adventures of a deaf-mute in the White Mountains
  • First summer
  • Second summer
  • Third summer
  • My last adventure, and a trip around the mountains
  • Mr. Swett and his diorama
  • Address by Mr. Swett
  • Manual alphabets and their history, with sketches, illustrations, and varieties
  • Manual alphabets
  • Varieties of language
  • Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
  • Laurent Clerc
  • Institutions for the deaf and dumb.

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