Review

In The Invention of Miracles, Katie Booth details Alexander Graham Bell's attitudes to deafness

By Frank O'Shea
April 17 2021 - 12:00am
Alexander Graham Bell, whose name was once synonymous with the telephone. Picture: Getty Images
Alexander Graham Bell, whose name was once synonymous with the telephone. Picture: Getty Images
  • The Invention of Miracles: Language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness, by Katie Booth. Scribe, $35.

Alexander Graham Bell is remembered today as the man who invented the telephone, a fact that was so widely known that his name was synonymous with it for many years. This book tells in detail the steps and many missteps that led to that invention.