[stylist] Interesting book: Biography of the Blind

[Kathleen Millhoff]

Hi,  Thanks for sending this info; these kinds of things always make
me wonder - just how many unknown blind people were out there, doing
something. Robert Holman, who was the blind traveler described  in
that book, met a blind biologist who was an expert in his field; and,
yes, you're quite right about how tedious writing and publishing would
have been for a blind person of the 19th century.  when they tell us
Whitman rewrote "Leaves of Grass" 10 by hand, we'll have something to
top it.
best,
kat


On 6/4/09, Robert Jaquiss <rjaquiss at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hello:
>
>      I recently started reading the book Biography of the Blind by James
> Wilson. It is available from NLS in braille and in recorded form. RFB&D also
> has it. I remember seeing it cited in Dr. Jernigan's 1973 banquet speech, Is
> History Against Us, but only recently stumbled across it. If you want to
> read about the lives of an assortment of blind people, give it a read. I
> think its amazing that James Wilson published it in 1821 and he was totally
> blind. This means that he had to have people read him all his references and
> then dictate the contents of the book. Happy reading.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
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