[stylist] history of the cane

[helene ryles]

Please let me know when you find out more of the history of the cane.
When was the white cane first used?  I guess blind people must have
used wooden sticks before the first metal one was invented but if
course the metal ones have much better advantage of fixing on tips. My
first cane has screw on tips. About 15 years ago. Now The canes have
hook on tips.  I also read that the NFB cane has grown longer in time
but maybe that's just common knowledge.

I'd be interested in cane history for my book. Myra's father was also
cambion (part human part deamon. My Cambion characters are not
necessarily bad. They are both good and bad like most humans. They
just have super powers. In fact those born to the female Deamon Parvi
are born blind but with superior healing abilities) and he lived to be
nearly 300 years old. He was a healer and witch and used a stick for
mobility but since it was such a long time ago the metal sticks would
not have been invented then.

Helene.

On 02/12/2008, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
> It is adorable!  Go for it!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] history of the cane
>
>
> >From the point of view of a cane? That's original. Go for it. I'd like to
> read it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Kasondra Payne
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:46 AM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [stylist] history of the cane
>
> I believe that book was written by Tom Bickford.  M y husband and I love
> that book, and we try to share that with everyone including our children's
> travel instructors.  By the way, we have been thinking about writing a
> children's book from the point of view of a cane.  Sighted kids hear and
> read about Braille in school, but a lot of them are mystified by the cane
> and what it is used for.  What do you guys think?
>
> Kasondra Payne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angela fowler <fowlers at syix.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:21 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [stylist] history of the cane
>
> That book was written by Eric Woods and a few other travel instructors from
> Louisiana and Minnesota.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
>  Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:05 PM
>  To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>  Subject: Re: [stylist] history of the cane
>
>  Don't know if it will help, but get hold of "The Care and Feeding of the
> Long  White Cane," a book that should be available through NFB. It was one
> of  the  Kernel books, I think. If it does not have the history in it,
> then the  writer most certainly will.
>  Lori
>
>  In a message dated 12/1/08 1:16:23 AM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:
>
>
>  > dear Robert, and listers,
>  > so far, I'm not finding such a book on the history of the cane. and,  >
> what is on the web is surprisingly shallow. on a dozen or more sites  > is
> identical, or nearly identical, text.
>  >
>  > find nothing at nls.
>  > jc
>  >
>  > Jim Canaday M.A.
>  > Lawrence, KS
>  >
>  >
>
>
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