Excerpt from Representative Deaf Persons of the United States of America: Containing Portraits and Character Sketches of Prominent Deaf Persons, Commonly Called "Deaf Mutes", Who Are Engaged in the Higher Pursuits of LifeThere are 210 deaf teachers in the United States today, of whom 51 are represented in this work. It is manifest that it would be both improper and impossible to give all of them a place in a work of this character. The editor, therefore, was obliged to confine himself, with a few exceptions, to a selection among the leading ones.Subjects will be found under the state where the person treated of is at present living, names and states being arranged in alphabetical order. An exception is made in the case of the aged and honored Mr. Edmund Booth, who is given first place in the book.There are a few cases where the subjects, though educated in American schools, are residing in a foreign country. Their names will be found under the states in which they were educated.No sketches of deceased persons, or those formerly engaged in one of the occupations enumerated, but now retired and following other employment, are to be found in the work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.