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Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph

by Katharine E. Wilkie · 1969

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A biography, focusing on the childhood years, of the blind and deaf woman who overcame her handicaps with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.

Subject
biographyhistory
Genre
historical fiction
Themes
childhood
Setting
USA
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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