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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproducedin any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher.  \nISBN-10: 1-59905-249-0  \nISBN-13: 978-1-59905-249-6  \neBook: 978-1-60291-610-4  \nPrinted in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 09 08 07  \nChapter 1 ..................... 4  \nChapter 2 .................... 10  \nChapter 3 .................... 18  \nChapter 4 .................... 24  \nChapter 5 .....................30  \nChapter 6 .................... 36  \nChapter 7 .....................42  \nChapter 8 .................... 48  \nChapter 9 .................... 55  \nChapter 10 .................... 59  \nBibliography .................. 62  \nGlossary ...................... 63  \nIndex ........................ 64  \nC H A P T E R 1  \nWhen Helen Keller fell ill with a terrible fever as a toddler, she was left blind and deaf. Most people had little hope that Helen would have a productive life. With such a severe disability, she would surely live her life in the shadows.  \nBut, Helen reached out for education and a full life. In doing so, she forever changed the way disabled people are seen. Helen was a trailblazer. She showed America and the world that  \nphysical disabilities were less important than a courageous heart and spirit.  \nHelen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880. She was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, a small country town. Her father, Arthur Henley Keller, was a veteran of the Civil War. He was a captain in the southern Confederacy. He later became a cotton plantation owner and editor of the local newspaper, the Alabamian.  \nArthur Keller was a widower with two sons when he married Kate Adams. She was twenty years younger than him. Tall, blue-eyed Kate Adams helped her husband run the plantation. 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