by Frances Koestler


Table of Contents

Dedication, print edition page iii

Acknowledgments, print edition page v

Foreword, print edition page ix

Foreword to the Original Edition, print edition page xiii

Chapter 1: Myths, Taboos, and Stereotypes, print edition page 1

Chapter 2: Five Days at Vinton, print edition page 14

Chapter 3: Talent Hunt, print edition page 28

Chapter 4: The Second Career of Major Migel, print edition page 42

Chapter 5: The Facts of Blindness, print edition page 50

Chapter 6: The Perfect Symbol, print edition page 59

Chapter 7: "Action Is Our Watchword", print edition page 89

Chapter 8: The Language of the Fingers, print edition page 102

Chapter 9: Books for the Blind, print edition page 128

Chapter 10: The Talking Book, print edition page 144

Chapter 11: The Beloved Voices, print edition page 170

Chapter 12: A Share in the General Welfare, print edition page 195

Chapter 13: The Showcase of the Blind, print edition page 212

Chapter 14: The Workshops, print edition page 233

Chapter 15: The Magna Charta of the Blind, print edition page 257

Chapter 16: The War-Blinded, World War I, print edition page 273

Chapter 17: The New Breed, print edition page 287

Chapter 18: The Three-Wheeled Cart, print edition page 319

Chapter 19: Mobility, Key to Independence, print edition page 335

Chapter 20: The Watershed Years, print edition page 358

Chapter 21: Little Things That Make a Big Difference, print edition page 385

Chapter 22: One World, print edition page 416

Chapter 23: The Birthright of Every Child, print edition page 438

Chapter 24: The Ever-Changing Children, print edition page 459

Chapter 25: The Loneliest People, print edition page 500

Chapter 26: Open Channels, print edition page 530

Chapter 27: The Road Ahead, print edition page 555

Chapter Notes, print edition page 565

Bibliography, print edition page 593

Historical Chronologies

Index, print edition page 637