Sound-Shadows of the New World (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ved Mehta
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1949-1952
- Setting: Little Rock, Arkansas
- Principal Characters: Ved Mehta
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Memory, Tradition, Adolescence, Blindness or blind persons, Education or educators, Manners or customs, Lifestyles, High schools or high school students
Form and Content
Ved Mehta was born in India of upper-class parents—his father being a fairly prosperous government official in the health department. Ved became totally blind as a result of illness at the age of three. At first he lived at home with his parents, four sisters, and two brothers. Later, his father sent him to school in Bombay before sending him to the Arkansas School for the Blind. This book is an account of his experience at this high school from August, 1949, until his graduation in May, 1952, and departure for college in California. Throughout his...
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