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02999cam a22003258i 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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zzv143 b1699380 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230324121645.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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201006s2021 nyu b 001 0deng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2020040764 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
150116709X |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781501167096 |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)1162990160 |
Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1243273812 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Description conventions |
rda |
Transcribing agency |
DLC |
Modifying agency |
OCLCO |
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OCLCF |
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TOH |
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CGB |
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EHD |
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rs041421 |
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MiTN |
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
Authentication code |
pcc |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
HV2426 .B39 |
Item number |
B668 2021 |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
362.4/283 |
Edition number |
23 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Booth, Katie |
Titles and words associated with a name |
(Writing instructor), |
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The invention of miracles : |
Remainder of title |
language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Katie Booth. |
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Simon & Schuster, |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2021] |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
ix, 402 pages ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
"An astonishingly revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell, telling the true-and troubling-story of the inventor of the telephone. We think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone, but that's not how he saw his own career. Bell was an elocution teacher by profession. As the son of a deaf woman and, later, husband to another, his goal in life from adolescence was to teach the deaf to speak. Even his tinkering sprang from his teaching work; the telephone had its origins as a speech reading machine. And yet by the end of his life, despite his best efforts-or perhaps, more accurately, because of them-Bell had become the American Deaf community's most powerful enemy. The Invention of Miracles recounts an extraordinary piece of forgotten history. Weaving together a moving love story with a fascinating tale of innovation, it follows the complicated tragedy of a brilliant young man who set about stamping out what he saw as a dangerous language: Sign. The book offers a heartbreaking look at how heroes can become villains and how good intentions are, unfortunately, nowhere near enough-as well as a powerful account of the dawn of a civil rights movement and the triumphant tale of how the Deaf community reclaimed their once-forbidden language. Katie Booth has been researching this story for over a decade, poring over Bell's papers, Library of Congress archives, and the records of deaf schools around America. But she's also lived with this story for her entire life. Witnessing the damaging impact of Bell's legacy on her family would set her on a path that upturned everything she thought she knew about language, power, deafness, and the telephone"-- |
Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Bell, Alexander Graham, |
Dates associated with a name |
1847-1922. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Deaf |
General subdivision |
Education |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
History. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Deaf |
General subdivision |
Means of communication |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
History. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Speech |
General subdivision |
Study and teaching |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
History. |
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
Relationship information |
Online version: |
Main entry heading |
Booth, Katie (Writing instructor). |
Title |
Invention of miracles |
Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2021] |
International Standard Book Number |
9781501167102 |
Record control number |
(DLC) 2020040765. |