The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness
By Katie Booth
Hardcover
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By Katie Booth
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Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize
“Meticulously researched, crackling with insights, and rich in novelistic detail” (Steve Silberman), this “provocative, sensitive, beautifully written biography” (Sylvia Nasar) tells the true—and troubling—story of Alexander Graham Bell’s quest to end deafness.
“Researched and written through the Deaf perspective, this marvelously engaging history will have us rethinking the invention...
Finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize
“Meticulously researched, crackling with insights, and rich in novelistic detail” (Steve Silberman), this “provocative, sensitive, beautifully written biography” (Sylvia Nasar) tells the true—and troubling—story of Alexander Graham Bell’s quest to end deafness.
“Researched and written through the Deaf perspective, this marvelously engaging history will have us rethinking the invention...


