Triumph over darkness : the life of Louis Braille
Bickel, Lennard1988
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The story of Louis Braille who, blinded accidentally as a young boy, was sent to an institution in Paris where he devoted his life to developing the finger system for reading now used by the blind all over the world. He died at the age of 43, unknown and unhonoured.
Main title:
Triumph over darkness : the life of Louis Braille / Lennard Bickel.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Unwin Hyman, 1988.
Collation:
[224]p. ; 24cm.
ISBN:
9780043202128
Dewey class:
362.410924362.41
Local class:
PBIO: BRAI
Language:
English
BRN:
209556