Gaillard in Deaf America: A Portrait of the Deaf Community, 1917, Henri Gaillard Volume 3

by Henri Gaillard

In 1917, Henri Gaillard led a delegation of deaf French men to the United States for the centennial celebration of the American School for the Deaf (ASD). The oldest school for deaf students in America, ASD had been cofounded by renowned deaf French teacher Laurent Clerc, thus inspiring Gaillard's invitation. Gaillard visited deaf people everywhere he went and recorded his impressions in a detailed journal. His essays present a sharply focused...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563681226
• ISBN13: 9781563681226
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.9"