The Story of My Life (Mass Market Paperback)

Also, if you are interested in Helen Keller's life, please try two other great reads: The first is a bio by Herrmann which delves more into the minutae of Keller's life, and the second is a work of fiction which has quotes from "The Story of My Life" at the beginning of each of its chapters. This book is called "The Bark of the Dogwood," and while it's pretty shocking and steamy in places, it ultimately takes it's inspiration from Keller, along with a host of other southerners.

This is truly an amazing story of an amazing woman. It's an easy read, full of insight and thought-provoking comments. On an interesting note, I recently read a book titled "Bark of the Dogwood" which uses quotes from this book at the beginning of each chapter.

Do yourself a favor and buy this one. It rank right up there with "Diary of Anne Frank" and "To Kill a Mockingbird."

The use of Current Events in this autobiography pertains to many known and famous events and people which were well known at the time and still today. Alexander Ghram Bell (the inventor of the telephone played a major factor in her life by reccomending her to the Perkins Institute for the blind/deaf. The 1893 World's Fair played an important role in the emphasis of the era in which she grew up in. The New York Worlds Fair gave Helen a chance to travel around the world without actually going anywhere but the park.

Helen Keller had many dolls which she often played with. Like most girls she had a name for her favorite doll; it's name was Nancy. She fed it mudpies, and put button eyes on it. This added to the caring effect and the fact that Helen was just a small girl like all other girls evn thought she was so different.

The autobiography of the first 20 years of Helen Keller's life is pretty imprssive but I dont think it gives us a full picture of the famous Keller that we know now. Much of her campaigning and spokeswoman work was done after she graduated from Radcliffe College in 1904. I recommend this book for educational reading. Perhaps some people will enjoy this book more than I, but the inconsistencies in her writing take away from the truthful meaning of the book. I give it four stars because of the impression it put on me. After all, it isn't everyday that a blind person graduates from college.