Islay

Informationen zum Autor Douglas Bullard (1937-2005) was a graduate of Gallaudet College, an Alaskan geologist, an American Sign Language storyteller, and one-time president of the Florida Association of the Deaf. Klappentext This new paperback edition of the classic novel follows Deaf visionary Lyson C. Sulla as he undertakes an odyssey across America in pursuit of his Great Deaf American Dream: to become Governor of the State of Islay and make it a republic of, by, and for deaf people. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of Lyson Sulla! a Deaf man entirely despondent of the feeling that "the hearing think deaf means dumb!" who sets out to establish a sovereign Deaf state on an island called Islay. This book charts Sulla's quest across the nation to rally support and recruit citizens! and his subsequent efforts to become elected state's governor.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Douglas Bullard
• Verlag: Gallaudet University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.09.2013
• EAN: 9781563685637
• ISBN: 978-1-56368-563-7
• Seiten: 336
• Serien: Gallaudet Classics Deaf Studie; Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies; Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies; Gallaudet Classics Deaf Studie
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft