The Story of My Life

The Story of My Life may be the most extraordinary autobiography ever written. Its author was only 22 when it was published in 1903 but her life to that point had already been most uncommon: she had been rendered deaf blind and later mute by an illness at the age of 19 months and only years later learned to read speak and understand others through the dedication of a teacher extraordinary in her own right. American author and activist HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968) became famous thanks to The Story of My Life which was later adapted for stage and screen in various incarnations under the title The Miracle Worker a reference to that special teacher Annie Sullivan. Here in her own words is Kellers firsthand experience of the dawning of enlightenment on the severely isolated child she was and her evolution into the educated and erudite young woman she became.