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The life and times of T.H. Gallaudet / Edna Edith Sayers.

by Sayers, Edna Edith.

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Gallaudet, T. H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1787-1851.

Teachers of the deaf -- United States -- Biography.

9781512600513 (hc.)

xvii, 302 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Philadelphia to Hartford -- An American theocracy -- Drifting -- Reinventing the wheel -- "What is the gaiety of Paris to me?" -- Mission to the deaf -- Life after deaf I -- Life after deaf II -- Toward a white nation -- The last years.

"A biography of T. H. Gallaudet (1787–1851), celebrated today as the founder of deaf education in America. His work in the fields of deaf education, free common schools, literacy, teacher education and certification, and children's books, as well as his role in reactionary causes intended to uphold a white, Protestant nation thought to have existed in New England's golden past. Gallaudet's youthful social and political entanglements included involvement with Connecticut's conservative, state-established Congregational Church, the Federalist Party, and the Counter-Enlightenment ideals of Yale (where he was a student). He later embraced anti-immigrant, anti-abolition, and anti-Catholic efforts, and supported the expatriation of free African-Americans to settlements on Africa's west coast. As much a history of the paternalistic, bigoted, and class-conscious roots of a reform movement as a story of one man's life, this landmark work will surprise and enlighten both the hearing and Deaf worlds. Author Edna Edith Sayers was a professor of English at Gallaudet University, the famous school for the deaf in Washington, D.C."--Provided by publisher.

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