The Story of My Life

by Helen Keller and Keller Wester Anderson

Book Overview

Helen Keller's triumph over her blindness and deafness has become one of the most inspiring stories of our time. Here, in a book first published when she was young woman, is Helen Keller's own story--complex, poignant, and filled with love. With unforgettable immediacy, Helen's own words reveal the heart of an exceptional woman, her struggles and joys, including that memorable moment when she finally understands that Anne's finger-spelled letters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451531566
• ISBN13: 9780451531568
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.1" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Masterpiece

This extraordinary biography is a true masterpiece. One of the greatest books of the 20th Century. Dr R. Chris Barden

Person of the Century

My vote of many others who believe Helen Keller was Person of the Century. She was an incredible human being. Personified what should be the "Human Spirit".

opens your mind

In the introduction Robert Russell says, "Imagine yourself whisked out of your room and suddenly landed on some distant planet where there was other life--but landed with your eyes permanently closed, your ears sealed, and your tongue all but useless. How would you sense an approaching danger or an approaching friend? What would such a life be like? But perhaps such a catastrophe seems so impossible that it isn't worth thinking about. It isn't so impossible. Things like it do happen. It happened to Helen Keller."Helen Keller writes about her own experiences, perceptions, and understanding with a beauty and sweetness that you can touch and taste. Reading about her life expands your mind to life's infinite possibilities, realities, and to the resiliency of the human mind. Helen was a kind, aware, and incredibly intelligent woman. Reading about her life in her own words is irreplaceable. Helen has truly left a mark on this world, and so has her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Both of their lives have left me equally awestruck.