The Story of My Life (1903) is the autobiography of Helen Keller.
Written while she was an undergraduate student at Radcliffe College in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Story of My Life was a joint effort
between Keller, her teacher Anne Sullivan, and Anne's husband John Macy.
"Gradually I got used to the silence and darkness that surrounded me and
forgot that it had ever been different, until she came--my teacher--who
was to set my spirit free. But during the first nineteen months of my
life I had caught glimpses of broad, green fields, a luminous sky, trees
and flowers which the darkness that followed could not wholly blot out.
If we have once seen, 'the day is ours, and what the day has shown.'"
After losing her hearing and sight as an infant, Helen Keller received a
life-changing education from her dedicated teacher Anne Sullivan,
herself vision impaired. As she learned to communicate through signs,
she found an innate determination to surpass the expectations of those
around her, eventually becoming the first deafblind person to obtain her
Bachelor of Arts. Her autobiography is a rich retelling of the first
twenty-one years of Keller's life, a period marked by tragedy and
miracle alike, shaping her into one of the twentieth century's leading
civil rights activists and public speakers. With a beautifully designed
cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Helen
Keller's The Story of My Life is a classic of American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
