Adventures of a deaf-mute, and other short pieces /
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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
Gallaudet University Press,
2017.
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Series: | Gallaudet classics in Deaf studies
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.