num_pages: 868
description: The intimate story of two women whose lives were bound together in a unique relationship marked by genius, dependence, and love. Lash traces Anne Sullivan's early years in a Massachusetts poorhouse, describes her meeting with Helen Keller in Alabama, and goes on to recount the joint events of their Helen's childhood experiences, education at Radcliffe, and work in vaudeville, politics, and for the blind. This definitive biography concludes with Helen's final years without Anne Sullivan Macy.
language: English
title: Helen and Teacher : The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy
titlecomplete: Helen and Teacher : The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy
characters: Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller
genres: Historical, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Classics, Biography Memoir, Disability, History
ratings_count: 518
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Autobiography/Biography (Paperback)
publisher: Amer Foundation for the Blind