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 Borghild Dahl
The
Immigrant Experience
30 min DVD ages 12-Adult
with study guide
$18.00 plus $3 handling
30 min CD Audio Book
ages 12-Adult
$12.00
plus $3 handling
Biography of Norwegian-American author (I
Wanted To See) who wrote 17 books although she was legally blind.
DahlÕs life story is truly one of the most
inspiring sagas young people and adults can imagine. From childhood, she was
encouraged by her immigrant parents to participate in activities others would
have considered too difficult or dangerous for a person with limited
eyesight. A university professor told her she should abandon a degree in
education because she would never be able to become a teacher due to her
disability. And yet, as a teacher in Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota, she
taught as many as seven subjects at a time, memorized each night what she
needed to know for her students the next day, and once read Gone With the
Wind in one night in order to review it on the radio. Toward
the end of her life, she was recognized as an Outstanding Alumni of the
University of Minnesota.
Dahl wrote a variety of books Ð novels for young women,
folklore, historical fiction, biography, and three autobiographies Ð the most
famous of which is I Wanted To See, which was an inspiration
to servicemen who returned from World War II with sight impairments. The
title of her last book indicated the undaunted spirit of this remarkable
woman Ð Happy All My Life.
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