Describes the history of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, and the invention of American Sign Language, and includes biographical information on the school's founder, Thomas Gallaudet, and Alice Cogswell, the young girl who inspired the creation.
year: 2008
call number/section: 1000, 920, 419, 921, 371
subjects: gallaudet, t. h, (thomas hopkins), 1787-1851, juvenile literature, bemis, alice cogswell, b. 1845, american sign language, juvenile literature