![]() When a fire was discovered in the School for the Blind, Howe slid down a long, precipitous slope, ran over to the school, shinnied up a drainpipe, found an axe and was chopping out the burning timbers before almost anyone else could react. His daughter portrays him as a man of tremendous vigor and will, and she gives an anecdote to illustrate this. Later, Samuel founded the first American School for the Blind. Her father, Samuel Howe, was inspired by Lord Byron and joined the Greek forces trying to throw off the Turkish yoke. Richards' memoir describes an unusual family. ![]() But Laura Richards' book manages to achieve this rare distinction. ![]() It's filled with what I call 'Fine Lady Writing.' This type of prose is normally sentimental and cloying, and finding a specimen of its kind without these defects is almost a miracle. When I Was Your Age is a rather unusual book. ![]()
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