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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Swett, William B., 1824-1884
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2017.
Series:Gallaudet classics in Deaf studies
Subjects:
Clerc, Laurent, > 1785-1869.
Gallaudet, T. H. > (Thomas Hopkins), > 1787-1851.
Swett, William B., > 1824-1884.
Finger spelling.
Sign language.
Hiking > White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)
Deaf > United States > Biography.
Épellation digitale.
Langage par signes.
Personnes sourdes > États-Unis > Biographies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Deaf.
Hiking.
Travel.
White Mountains (N.H. and Me.) > Description and travel.
White Mountains (N.H. et Maine) > Descriptions et voyages.
United States.
United States > White Mountains (New Hampshire and Maine)
Biographies.
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.

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