The invention of miracles : language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness / Kat...
The invention of miracles : language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness / Kat...
The invention of miracles : language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness / Katie Booth.
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Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Call Numbers
G 2021/0367
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 402 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2021.
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Summary
"An astonishingly revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell, telling the true-and troubling-story of the inventor of the telephone. We think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone, but that's not how he saw his own career. Bell was an elocution teacher by profession. As the son of a deaf woman and, later, husband to another,...
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The invention of miracles : language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness / Katie Booth.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-386) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2021
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Call Numbers
G 2021/0367
Record Identifier
74VKaOBkXeR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaOBkXeR3
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ISBN
150116709X
9781501167096
DDC
362.4283
MMS ID
991024381111702626
