# Katie Booth on Alexander Graham Bell and the Invention of Miracles

Join us for an interview with former Kluge Fellow, Katie Booth, on her new book based on her research at the Library of Congress while a fellow at the John W. Kluge Center. "The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness" is a revisionist biography of an American icon, revealing the extraordinary true genesis of the telephone and its connection to another, far more troubling legacy of Bell's: his efforts to stamp out American Sign Language. Weaving together a tale of innovation with a moving love story, the book offers a look at how a champion can become an adversary and provides an enthralling account of the deaf community's fight to reclaim a once-forbidden language.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2021
- By: John W. Kluge Center (library Of Congress)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697544/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2024697544?play=1)