Optimism
Optimism
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
1903. An essay written by the American author and lecturer. Helen Keller was left blind, deaf and mute at the age of nineteen months due to an illness. She spent many years lecturing on behalf of blind and deaf persons, promoting optimism and the brighter side of life. This is one of her essays entailing the optimism within, without and the practice of optimism.
About the Author
Helen Keller was left blind and deaf by a terrible disease at the age of 19 months, trapped in a shell of incompehensibility. With the help of Annie Sullivan, she was able to overcome these handicaps and educate herself. Shortly after her autobiography, My Story, appeared in 1900, this book on Optimism was also published.
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Optimism,Helen Keller,Kessinger Publishing,0766155374,Ethics & Moral Philosophy,General,Philosophy,Biography: general,Disability: social aspects
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