The Story of My Life
What gift finally gets Helen interested in antediluvian science?
chap 7 Helen Keller: The Story of My Life
chap 7 Helen Keller: The Story of My Life
That gift was a collection of fossils.
Once a gentleman, whose name I have forgotten, sent me a collection of fossils—tiny mollusk shells beautifully marked, and bits of sandstone with the print of birds' claws, and a lovely fern in bas-relief. These were the keys which unlocked the treasures of the antediluvian world for me.
The Story of My Life