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Songs of the gorilla nation : my journey through autism / Dawn Prince-Hughes.
- Title
- Songs of the gorilla nation : my journey through autism / Dawn Prince-Hughes.
- Author
- Prince-Hughes, Dawn, 1964-
- Publication
- New York : Harmony Books, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | ANT. P 933 s | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 225 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- The author relates her experiences as a late-diagnosed autistic, describing struggles with antisocial impulses, her connection with the gorillas at a Seattle zoo, and her eventual ability to develop human relationships.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Biographie (Descripteur de forme)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Part One -- A LIFE Without SONG 9 -- chapter 1 A Culture of One 11 -- 2 A Chaos of Noise: Understanding Autism 27 -- 3 The Silence Before Dawn 35 -- 4 Starting Off Key 63 -- P a r t Tw o -- The SONGS of the GORILLA NATION 89 -- chapter 5 Music Behind the Looking Glass Cage 91 -- 6 The Difficulty of Lyrics Long and Unfamiliar 111 -- 7 Requiem 157 -- P a r t T h r e e -- HOW CAN I KEEP from SINGING? 163 -- chapter 8 Ancestral Hymns: A Family History 165 -- 9 Successes 179 -- 10 Sharing the Songs 199.
- ISBN
- 1400050588
- LCCN
- ^^2003023402
- OCLC
- 53307760
- SCSB-9959465
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library