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The story of my life

Helen Keller relates the story of her life and how, with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, she learned to overcome the handicaps of being both deaf and blind
Print Book, English, ©2003
Norton, New York, ©2003
Autobiography
xix, 471 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780393057447, 9780393325683, 0393057445, 0393325687
51242090
One book, three authors / Roger Shattuck
Helen Keller's account
Writing of the book / John Macy
Story of my life
Helen Keller's notebooks
Anne Sullivan's account
Introduction / John Macy
Anne Sullivan's letters and reports (1887-94)
John Macy's account
Helen's personality
Miss Sullivan's educational methods
Helen's speech
Helen's literary style and the "Frost King" episode
Helen Keller's letters (1887-1901)
Introduction / John Macy
Letters (1887-1901)
Appendix: John Macy's 1903 preface to the story of my life
John Macy "Helen Keller as she really is, "Ladies' Home Journal, 1902 (extracts)
Two further accounts by Helen Keller of the scene at the water pump
From my religion (1927)
From Teacher (1955)
Notes
Dorothy Herrmann
Afterword: Mind of one's wwn / Roger Shattuck
Resources and further reading
Acknowledgments
Index
"The restored classic 1903-2003."
The contents of the original 1903 edition reformatted in a different order and layout. Cf. Foreword