New Releases by Helen Keller

FOREWORD Helen Keller is loved the world over. Her accomplishments in the face of unique difficulties have stirred our sense of the heroic; her patient struggle and convincing triumph touch our hearts. No one can appreciate the secret of her growth without some knowledge of her spiritual background. To her, religion is a way of living day by day. In her view, spiritual life is as real and as practical as natural life. Her Christianity is built on the gospel of love. Miss Keller is often questioned in public about her religion. She answers briefly, but always longs to say more. And so, when asked to write a book about her religion, she welcomed the opportunity to tell her many friends just what her religious ideals are and where she found them. It has been a labour of love, and she has poured her soul into it, not to argue a point, but to share with others what is of inestimable value to her. Here is a mind kept singularly pure from childhood; here is a religious experience unhampered by the blindness of any sectarianism; here is a spiritual insight, a gift of perception, undulled by absorption in the things of sense life. Here is one in whom the Lord has worked a miracle, and she declares to us "One thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see." Paul Sperry About the author: Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 - June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller''s teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled, and was outspoken in her anti-war convictions. A member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, she campaigned for women''s suffrage, labor rights, socialism, and other radical left causes. She was inducted into the Alabama Women''s Hall of Fame in 1971. The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is Helen Keller''s autobiography detailing her early life, especially her experiences with Anne Sullivan.[1] Portions of it were adapted by William Gibson for a 1957 Playhouse 90 production, a 1959 Broadway play, a 1962 Hollywood feature film, and the Indian film Black. The book is dedicated to inventor Alexander Graham Bell. The dedication reads, "To ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Who has taught the deaf to speak and enabled the listening ear to hear speech from the Atlantic to the Rockies, I dedicate this Story of My Life." (wikipedia.org)

In Helen Keller''s book ''Optimism'', the author delves into the power of positive thinking and the impact it has on one''s life. Written in a captivating and inspirational style, Keller explores the importance of maintaining a hopeful outlook, even in the face of adversity. Drawing upon her own experiences as a deaf and blind individual, Keller provides a unique perspective on the transformative nature of optimism, making this book a timeless and relevant read for readers of all ages. As a renowned author and advocate for the disabled, Keller''s personal journey undoubtedly influenced her to write this insightful book on optimism. Her unwavering resilience and determination in overcoming her own challenges serves as a testament to the profound value of maintaining a positive mindset. Through ''Optimism'', Keller seeks to inspire readers to embrace hope and find strength in the midst of life''s trials. I highly recommend ''Optimism'' to anyone seeking a powerful and inspiring read. Keller''s wisdom and perspective are sure to resonate with readers, encouraging them to adopt a more optimistic outlook on life.

The Story of My Life is Helen Keller''s autobiography, written throughout her time at Radcliffe College and published whilst she became 22 years old. It details her life from delivery to age 21, starting with an account of her family''s domestic in Alabama and the contamination that left her blind and deaf. Much of the book specializes in Helen''s education, which started while Anne Sullivan, a teacher, moved into her domestic to teach her in distinct way of communication. First, she spelled letters into Helen''s hand to assist her research the names of diverse gadgets in her global. This slowly progressed to Helen''s mastering to speak and study braille, and in the end her conversation has become strong enough to permit her to wait college with folks that could see and hear.This autobiography is separated into 3 components. The first is a chronological account of Helen''s existence up to age 21, written in first-character. It covers all of her fundamental lifestyle''s events, including holidays around the united states and the various colleges she attended, however additionally includes many of her thoughts and musings on the matters that have befell to her. The 2nd a part of the ebook is a massive collection of letters Helen wrote over the route of her life, displaying substantial improvement in her verbal exchange abilties as time is going on. This component additionally includes letters from Anne Sullivan, explaining sure parts of Helen''s schooling that do not come across in her first-person account. The final component is statement by means of the e book''s editor, with recommendation from Miss Sullivan, remarking on numerous elements of Helen''s life revel in as designated on this autobiography.The Story of My Life has acquired an awful lot recognition, and has been tailored into multiple performs and movies for the reason that mid-20th century. The most famous of these is the 1962 Hollywood characteristic film The Miracle Worker, a biographical film about Anne Sullivan and her success in tutoring Helen Keller.

Presenting the Large Print edition of The Story of My Life by Helen Keller. Unique among vital and inspirational large print books for children and readers of all ages, Helen Keller''s The Story of My Life is an unforgettable and moving addition to every library, charting the development of her earliest years as she grew to know her world to her discovering her incredible talents in spite of her deafness and blindness. Helen Keller was born on Ivy Green homestead in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, 1880. At 19 months old she contracted an unknown illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain" (possibly scarlet fever or meningitis), and the illness left her both deaf and blind. In the early years of childhood, she learned many signs, and how to tell who was walking near her by the vibrations of their footsteps. Inspired by an account in Charles Dickens'' American Notes of the education of Laura Bridgman (who was also deaf and blind), Keller''s mother sent her to see specialist J. Julian Chisholm in Baltimore, who referred them to Alexander Graham Bell, who was then working with deaf children. Bell told them to contact the Perkins Institute for the Blind in South Boston (where Bridgman had been educated), and the school''s director Michael Anagnos asked visually impaired former student Anne Sullivan to become Keller''s instructor. After early struggles, their relationship blossomed, and in time Keller (accompanied by Sullivan) would attend the Perkins Institute for the Blind, the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf, the Horace Mann School for the Deaf, The Cambridge School for Young Ladies, then Radcliffe College, Harvard University. In 1904, Keller graduated from Radcliffe, becoming the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She became proficient using braille, reading lips with her hands, and also in speech, giving talks and lectures throughout the course of her life. She remained a close companion of Sullivan''s up to her death in 1936, also forging a close friendship-following Sullivan''s marriage to John Macy in 1905-with her housekeeper (and, later, her secretary) Polly Thomson. Keller wrote twelve books, including the popular autobiographical works The Story of My Life (1903) and The World I Live In (1908), as well as a number of articles. After suffering a series of strokes in 1961, she spent the last years of her life at her home. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and at the 1965 New York World''s Fair she was elected to the National Women''s Hall of Fame. On June 1, 1968, just short of her eighty-eighth birthday, she died in her sleep at her home of Arcan Ridge in Easton, Connecticut. Her ashes were interred (beside Anne Sullivan and Polly Thomson) at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

The Story Of My Life - The Autobiography of Helen Keller - First published in 1903 - The book was the basis for the well-known movie "The Miracle Worker" by William Gibson. - It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life. I have, as it were, a superstitious hesitation in lifting the veil that clings about my childhood like a golden mist. The task of writing an autobiography is a dicult one. When I try to classify my earliest impressions, I find that fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present. The woman paints the child''s experiences in her own fantasy. A few impressions stand out vividly from the first years of my life; but "the shadows of the prison-house are on the rest." Besides, many of the joys and sorrows of childhood have lost their poignancy; and many incidents of vital importance in my early education have been forgotten in the excitement of great discoveries. In order, therefore, not to be tedious I shall try to present in a series of sketches only the episodes that seem to me to be the most interesting and important.

Helen Keller''s superb autobiography takes us through the childhood and early life of a woman who was to become one of the United States most celebrated activists and lecturers. First published in 1903, Keller''s early memoirs reveal her upbringing which was very much in the spirit of American tradition. Being both deaf and blind, Keller''s astounding rise to a position of great prominence and fame in society gave inspiration to countless individuals suffering from sensory disabilities. Keller details her childhood and the character of her close family members. Both of her parents receive detailed descriptions; her father, a former Confederate officer, demonstrated to Keller the importance of publicity at an early age by editing the North Alabamian newspaper. Helen''s training in sign language enabled her to communicate, and Keller was duly dispatched to a specialist doctor who referred her to the young Anne Sullivan, who became a lifelong friend and mentor to the young Keller.

An Introduction to the Writings of Helen Keller Many hearing people, Marxists included, are familiar with Helen Keller in one of two ways. Either we see her as the wild child rescued from the prison of deafness and blindness through the heroic efforts of her "miracle worker" teacher, Anne Sullivan; or as the butt of cruel "Helen Keller" jokes. Neither image bears any relation to the actual, politically active Deaf/Blind woman whom that nearly mythical child became. In these texts, she explains how she came to Revolutionary Socialism after her graduation from college. Despite her reliance on intermediaries to communicate with the outside world, Comrade Helen Keller is fully her own person. Helen Keller became a member of the Socialist Pary in 1909 and by 1912, she had become a national voice for socialism and working class solidarity. Her articles and speeches take on a harder edge as the war machine gears up and the reformist tendency in the Socialist Party forced a split with its revolutionary wing. We can see her calling for party unity in 1913, and then breaking publically with reformism and siding wholeheartedly with the IWW in 1916 and taking up the struggle against President Wilson''s hypocritical war machine . ATTN: BOOK SELLERS Visit http: //createspace.com/6140079 and buy this book at discounted price. Discount Code: EQ8FYMXG

Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller''s teacher, Anne Sullivan (1866-1936), broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film, The Miracle Worker.

She could neither see nor hear, but she experienced the world as a richly vital place, redolent of smells that were a language to her and alive with vibrations that spoke to her alone. American author and activist HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968) was already famous, thanks to her 1903 biography, when she wrote this 1908 collection of beautifully poetic essays that brought readers enthralled with her story deeper insights into how she "saw" the world. Here, she wonders at how limited the senses of others appear to her and how deeply language colors perception, and offers us a startling account of the nothingness that was her existence before her "soul dawn," before her famous teacher, Annie Sullivan, drew her out of her insular semiconsciousness. Surely one of the most extraordinary books ever written, but one of the most extraordinary people of recent centuries, this is a classic exploration of what it means to be human and alive that continues to captivate readers today.

Helen Keller reveals her mystical side and her Swedenborgianism in this best-selling spiritual autobiography.

Beginning with her sophomore year at Radeliffe, Helen describes her experiences in working for the blind, in writing and lecturing and at Hollyweood, her friendships with Mark Twain and others.