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Harry
Lang
Information
on Books Published or in Progress
Silence
of the Spheres: The Deaf Experience in the History of Science.
Harry G. Lang (1994). Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey Press. This book
is a chronology of contributions of deaf people in science, engineering,
medicine, and invention since the Renaissance. To order, Fax toll
free number 1-800-225-5800. Book ISBN 0-89789-368-9. [187 pages, 20
illustrations]. More
information about this book.
"Lang provides an exhaustive researched history of participation in
the sciences by people who are deaf. As a deaf scientist himself,
Lang provides an insider's view. In addition to a thorough account
of deaf men and women's contributions to the sciences, this book is
an excellent historical reference in the areas of deaf education,
societal influence on attitudes surrounding deafness, and the effects
of technology on the lives of deaf people. Of particular value is
the demonstration of accomplishments by people who are deaf. An excellent
resource for parents of deaf or hearing-impaired children and for
many deaf readers, particularly teenagers who do not have extensive
access to deaf role models."
Choice
[magazine for librarians]
"I truly admire
the great accomplishment you made by writing this needed book. You
have given me a new perspective to consider my therapeutic work
with deaf persons who have great potential opportunities for success."
Counselor from Pittsburgh
Deaf
Persons in the Arts and Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary.
Harry G. Lang and Bonnie Meath-Lang (1995). This book includes 150
biographies of deaf men and women scientists, engineers, inventors,
medical doctors, dentists, writers, sculptors, painters, actors,
and other professionals. To order, Fax toll free number 1-800-225-5800.
Book ISBN 0-313-29170-5. [448 pages, 20 illustrations]. More
information about this book.
"Illuminating and provocative biographies with rare finds for the
deaf community. Its colorful profiles and entertaining anecdotes
make many deaf pioneers and role models come to life for the reader.
An ideal rool for reference and classroom discussion."
Robert F.
Panara
Professor Emeritus
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Rochester Institute of Technology
"Deaf
Persons in the Arts and Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary"
is not only a timely piece of work, but also it is long overdue.
This book will make a valuable contribution to the professional
growth of inservice and preservice individuals in the education
of deaf students."
Peter V.
Paul
Ohio State University
Signs
for Science and Mathematics: Book for Teachers and Students .
Frank Caccamise and Harry Lang (1996) More
information about this book.
A Phone
of Our Own .
A history of the TTY and its impact on the lives of deaf people.
The research for this book was funded by a grant from the National
Science Foundation and gifts from Telecommunications for the Deaf,
Inc. (TDI), Dr. James C. Marsters, Andrea Saks, Jean Saks, and AT&T.
More
information about this book.
From
Dream to Reality: The National Technical Institute for the Deaf,
A College of Rochester Institute of Technology .
Harry G. Lang and Karen K. Conner
This book summarizes the century-long struggle of the American Deaf
community to establish a technical college serving deaf students.
Also included is a summary of the National Technical Institute for
the Deaf's first 30 years. Photographs of faculty and students portray
many aspects of the NTID story.
To be printed in the summer of 2001 and available in the Fall through
RIT's bookstore.
Educating
Deaf Students: From Research to Practice.
Marc Marschark, Harry G. Lang, and John A. Albertini.
More
information about this book.
Edmund Booth, Deaf Pioneer.
Edmund Booth was born in 1810 and died in 1905, and during the 94 years of his life,
he epitomized virtually everything that characterized an American legend of that century.
In his prime, Booth stood 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighed in at 210 pounds, and wore a long, full beard.
He taught school in Hartford, CT, then followed his wife-to-be, Mary Ann Walworth, west to Anamosa, Iowa,
where in 1840, he built the area’s first frame house. He pulled up stakes nine years later to travel the
Overland Trail on his way to join the California Gold Rush. After he returned to Iowa in 1854, he became
the editor of the Anamosa Eureka, the local newspaper. Edmund Booth fit perfectly the mold of the
ingenious pioneer of 19th-century America, except for one unusual difference — he was deaf.
More information about this book.
The Deaf
Experience During the Civil War [temporary title].
[Research in progress]
This book will examine the lives of deaf people during the Civil
War, deaf soldiers, deafened soldiers, deaf slaves and deaf slaveholders,
deaf abolitionists, and schools for the deaf used as hospitals. Much more to come!
If you have information that you would like to share for this book,
please contact Harry Lang at
harry.lang(at)rit.edu.
A Biography of Laura Redden Searing, Deaf Poetess and Civil War Correspondent [Harry G. Lang and Judy Yaeger Jones].
[Research in progress]
This book will examine the life and works of Laura Redden Searing, including previously unpublished information discovered by Judy Yaeger Jones in a family collection of her papers.
If you have information that you would like to share for this book,
please contact Harry Lang at
harry.lang(at)rit.edu.
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