[bookshare-discuss] Re: Memoirs of People Blind From Birth
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 05:56:17 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks to all of you who suggested memoirs written by people blind from
birth. I'll download and read them. They should stimulate my own memories.
I downloaded "As The Twig Is Bent" from the NFB kernel book page, only to
find that it was double-spaced, that is, each line was in a separate html
paragraph. This frustrated my efforts to get a good brf file using my
xml2brl program. I'll have to write another small program to straighten
things out. I hope Bookshare.org can get them in a more sensible format.
John
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Allison wrote:
> One of my faves growing up was called "Little by Little." It was by an
> author named, Jean Little. There is also a second autobiography by the same
> author called, "Stars Come Out Within," but I haven't read that one. The
> first is more childhood through college, and the latter is more her adult
> life.
>
> Anyway, she is not totally blind, but still blind from birth. She describes
> the experience of an individual growing up in a sighted world, half blind,
> half sighted, the legally blind experience so to speak. I remember thinking
> it was really good, but I haven't read it in years. I do suggest it though.
> I think she has much less vision in her later book and also describes her
> experience with teaching, writing, and getting a guide dog.
>
> Also, the NFB Kernel books are collections of many littler stories written
> by blind people about their own experiences. Most of them are
> autobiographical and very good reads. I would recommend those as well. I
> could tell you a little more about those specifically off list if you like.
>
> Hope these suggestions are of some help to you.
>
> Best,
> Allison
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John J. Boyer" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:42 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Memoirs of People Blind From Birth
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would appreciate knowing about any memoirs of people blind from birth on
> > Bookshare. They would help me in writing my own memoir.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> >
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