Celebrate Louis's Birthday Month!
In celebration of Louis Braille's birthday in January, we've reduced the price of his acclaimed biography through January 31! Purchase the award-winning illustrated hardcover edition of Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius OR he braille edition for only $20! Give this book as a gift to sighted friends, family members, teachers or students — anyone with a curious mind. After January 31st, the price goes back up!
Drawing on primary sources that sort fact from fiction, Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius is the first ever full-color biography to include 31 never-before-translated letters, some written by Braille's own hand. Unearthed from a curator's private archives in France is an extraordinary collection of documents, photographs, and artistic works that enhances the bibliographic narrative of the phases of Braille's life as student, young inventor, musician, and teacher in post-revolutionary France.
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A Sample Letter
View a letter written in Louis Braille's own hand and read a translated excerpt.
Sample Description
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Meet Author C. Michael Mellor
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A Portrait of Louis Braille
Miniature portrait on ivory by Lucienne Filippi.
This image of Louis Braille was derived from a daguerreotype, taken shortly after his death. This is the visage of a dead man; in life, he kept his eyes open.
"Louis was of medium height, slender, quite dtreamlined, and elegantly muscular. His head leaned forward, his blond hair curled naturally, his movements were free and easy."
Leading support for this book and for the prize from The Gibney Family Foundation. Additional funds graciously given by E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind.
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