The World at his fingertips : a story about Louis Braille /

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by O'Connor, Barbara.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Series: A Carolrhoda creative minds biography Published by : Carolrhoda Books, (Minneapolis, Minn. :) Physical details: 64 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject(s): Braille, Louis, --1809-1852 --Juvenile literature. | Braille, Louis, --1809-1852. | Blind teachers --France --Biography --Juvenile literature. | Braille --Juvenile literature. | Blind. | Teachers. | Physically handicapped. | Braille. Year : 1997 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index.

A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who created the dot system of reading and writing that is now used by the blind throughout the world.