The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness by Katie Booth

The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness

Katie Booth

416 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history science technology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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An astonishingly revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell, telling the true--and troubling--story of the inventor of the telephone. We think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone, but that's not how he saw his own career....

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informative 93%
reflective 80%
challenging 53%
emotional 40%
sad 20%
inspiring 13%
dark 6%
hopeful 6%

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slow 23%

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