Far from Home: Memories of World War II and Afterward

by Mary Herring Wright

"She's got no more business there than a pig has with a Bible." That's what her father said when Mary Herring announced that she would be moving to Washington, DC, in late 1942. Recently graduated from the North Carolina School for Black Deaf and Blind Students, Mary had been invited to the nation's capital by a cousin to see a specialist about her hearing loss. Though nothing could be done about her deafness, Mary quickly proved her father wrong...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563683199
• ISBN13: 9781563683190
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"