[nabs-l] books on blind history

[Steve Jacobson]

Dr. Jernigan gave an interesting banquet address called "Blindness, Is History Against Us" perhaps from 1973 or so which notes that blind people have 
been more a part of history than commonly believed.  He covers a few who were quite well-known but are not commonly heard of today.  You might find that 
interesting.  The text can be found at 

http://nfb.org/legacy/fr/fr1/fr92fl17.htm

I found this to be very interesting when I read it for the first time many years ago, but I ended up almost reading the whole thing now while looking for it.

When doing a search on NFB.ORG, I did not find the text of "Hope Deferred," but there are a number of references to it.  I did find a PDF version within 
GoogleBooks for $5 but don't know about the accessibility.  This may still be copyrighted.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:40:13 -0500, Anita Adkins wrote:

>Hello,

>First, let me apologize to this list about my mistakes in the previous 
>email. I usually proofread before I send an email, but of course, this time 
>when it would matter, I failed to do that.

>The book you mention is by a major contributor to the cause of the NFB, and 
>I imagine if it is available, it is probably in their library, also, I 
>believe,  named after him, and so you may call and speak with someone at the 
>NFB store about this publication because if it is available for purchase or 
>otherwise, they will know it. Also, the NFB has other publications related 
>to blindness that you may find interesting. The contact info for them is 
>below.
>The phone number for questions or concerns is 410-659-9314, ext. 2216
>the book section of the Independence Market at the NFB address is:
>http://secure.nfb.org/ecommerce/asp/prodtype.asp?prodtype=57

>Anita
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Dennis Clark" <dennisgclark at sbcglobal.net>
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>Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:12 AM
>Subject: [nabs-l] books on blind history


>> Hello Everyone,
>> I am hoping to get the titles and authors of any books on blindness which 
>> you may have found helpful or educational.  Many many years ago I read a 
>> book called "hope Deferred" by Jacobus Tendbrook (probably misspelled).  I 
>> think it was written in the 1940's, and my memory is that I learned a lot 
>> about the history of blindness from the book.  I just looked on Bookshare 
>> for Hope Deferred, but it is not there.  If anyone can tell me where I 
>> might be able to get a copy of this, along with any other titles about the 
>> history of blindness which you have found worthwhile, I would really 
>> appreciate it.
>> Warmest regards,
>> Dennis
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