Herrmann, Dorothy

Helen Keller : a life by Dorothy Herrmann( Book )

26 editions published between 1998 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dorothy Herrmann's biography of Helen Keller takes us through Helen's long, eventful life, a life that would have crushed a woman less stoic and adaptable - and less protected. She was either venerated as a saint or damned as a fraud. And one of the most persistent controversies surrounding her had to do with her relationship to the fiercely devoted Annie, through whom she largely expressed herself. Dorothy Herrmann explores these questions: Was Annie Sullivan a "miracle worker" or a domineering, emotionally troubled woman who shrewdly realized that making a deaf-blind girl of average intelligence appear extraordinary was her ticket to fame and fortune? Was she merely an instrument through which Helen's "brilliance" could manifest itself? Or was Annie herself the genius, the exceptionally gifted and sensitive one? Herrmann describes the nature of Helen's strange, sensorily deprived world. (Was it a black and silent tomb?) And she shows how Helen was so cheerful about her disabilities, often appearing in public as the soul of radiance and altruism. (Was it Helen's real self that emerged at age seven, when she was transformed by language from a savage, animal-like creature into a human being? Or was it a false persona manufactured by the driven Annie Sullivan?). Dorothy Herrmann tells why, despite her romantic involvements, Helen was never permitted to marry. She shows us the woman who, to communicate with the outside world, relied totally on those who knew the manual finger language. For almost her entire life, these people, some of whom were jealous or dogmatic, were the key to Helen's world

The story of my life by Helen Keller( Book )

6 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 1,303 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Helen Keller relates the story of her life and how, with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, she learned to overcome the handicaps of being both deaf and blind

Anne Morrow Lindbergh : a gift for life by Dorothy Herrmann( Book )

12 editions published between 1992 and 1993 in English and held by 1,003 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Anne Morrow Lindbergh has led a storybook life, in both its achievements and its tragedies. The daughter of a banker and diplomat, the wife of Charles Lindbergh, and a pioneer aviatrix, she also wrote one of the most beloved works of our century, A Gift from the Sea. This compelling biography explores the career of this remarkable woman, beginning with her sheltered and privileged upbringing and her marriage to the foremost hero of her generation and continuing on to the trauma of their baby's kidnapping, the ensuing years of self-imposed exile, the bitter controversy concerning Lindbergh's political isolationism, and the postwar years, which saw the publication of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's most enduring works. Dorothy Herrmann offers a sensitive, probing life that is brimful with prominent figures of the century: Amelia Earhart, Franklin Roosevelt, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Frida Kahlo, Joseph Kennedy, Hermann Goring, Harold Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West, and Charles Lindbergh, the brilliant, troubled young man who was catapulted to fame in 1927 by his solo flight across the Atlantic. Throughout we watch Anne Morrow Lindbergh's struggle to find her own identity and then to balance the demands of being a wife, a mother, and an artist amid the contending pressures of family and fame. In depicting the excitement, tragedy, and ultimate triumph of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, this biography adds a significant new chapter to the history of women in the twentieth century

S.J. Perelman : a life by Dorothy Herrmann( Book )

19 editions published between 1986 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Author, Humorist-20 th. Century

With malice toward all by Dorothy Herrmann( Book )

4 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Helen Keller : [a life] by Dorothy Herrmann( Recording )

6 editions published between 1998 and 2005 in English and held by 131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A biography of Helen Keller during her long, eventful adult life, which also explores the relationship between Helen and her teacher, Annie Sullivan

Hang kong ying hao : lin bai & fu ren by Dorothy Herrmann( Book )

2 editions published in 1994 in Chinese and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mit den Wolken will ich ziehen : das Leben der Anne Morrow Lindbergh by Dorothy Herrmann( Book )

3 editions published in 1993 in German and Undetermined and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biographie der Anne Morrow Lindbergh, verheiratet mit dem Flieger Charles Lindbergh, die zeit ihres Lebens im Schatten ihres berühmten Mannes stand und erst in ihrer schriftstellerischen Tätigkeit eine gewisse Selbständigkeit fand

The story of my life by Helen Keller( Book )

1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Keller's letters and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan. 1902

Hang kong ying hao : Lin bai yu fu ren = Anne Morrow Lindbergh: a gift for life by Dorothy Herrmann( Book )

1 edition published in 1998 in Chinese and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide