Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller

This "magnificent account" (New York Times) of Helen Keller's life presents a moving portrait of one of the world’s great luminaries.

When Helen was nineteen months old, an illness left her unable to see or speak. She struggled to make herself understood, and often lashed out when she couldn't. With the help of a teacher named Annie Sullivan, she learned to spell words with her fingers, opening her world immeasurably. She soon learned to write and to read Braille, and even to read lips by ...