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Get Your Elbow Off the Horn is a collection of interactions and observations written by Jack R. Gannon, a lifelong advocate for the Deaf community. Warm and amusing, Gannon’s stories begin with his rural childhood in the Ozarks and continue through his experiences as a student, educator, coach, husband, parent, and community leader. These vignettes reveal a down-to-earth family man who believed in making a difference one person at a time.

Many of his recollections are brief sketches that reveal much about being Deaf—and about being human. From reflecting on the difficult choices parents must make for their children, to recounting awkward communication exchanges, Gannon marries good humor with a poignant advocacy for sign language rights. His stories preserve and share Deaf American life and culture as he experienced it.

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"Get Your Elbow Off the Horn is full of rich, humorous, and heartfelt anecdotes with chapters easily standing strong on their own, bringing any reader deep nostalgia for the heart of the Deaf culture." -- Kristina Willicheva, Senior Lecturer, University of Tennessee Knoxville * Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education *

Get Your Elbow Off the Horn – Stories through the

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      Publisher Gallaudet University Press,U.S.
      Published 10 June 2020
      ISBN-13 9781944838652
      978-1944838652
      ISBN-10 1944838651
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      Autobiography: general Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Get Your Elbow Off the Horn is a collection of interactions and observations written by Jack R. Gannon, a lifelong advocate for the Deaf community. Warm and amusing, Gannon’s stories begin with his rural childhood in the Ozarks and continue through his experiences as a student, educator, coach, husband, parent, and community leader. These vignettes reveal a down-to-earth family man who believed in making a difference one person at a time.

      Many of his recollections are brief sketches that reveal much about being Deaf—and about being human. From reflecting on the difficult choices parents must make for their children, to recounting awkward communication exchanges, Gannon marries good humor with a poignant advocacy for sign language rights. His stories preserve and share Deaf American life and culture as he experienced it.

      Trade Review
      "Get Your Elbow Off the Horn is full of rich, humorous, and heartfelt anecdotes with chapters easily standing strong on their own, bringing any reader deep nostalgia for the heart of the Deaf culture." -- Kristina Willicheva, Senior Lecturer, University of Tennessee Knoxville * Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education *

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