On Different Roads An Autobiography Tapa dura - 1992

New York.: Vantage Press., 1991. Sated first edition.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Blemished only by small erasure of pencil inside, first end paper; and by narrow jacket front leaf edge fold. Clean.. 1 Brown sealed cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. 156 p. B&W photo section. Jacket has full active portrait of author, in sepia on brown glossy paper; B&W rear jacket photo, author at piano. Audience: General/trade. RARE Self-published via Vantage Press, the story of Geraldine Lawhorn's life is one of recognizing her sight and hearing impairments, and with courage and tenacity, working with those limitations to meet challenges, becoming an entertainer, lecturer, and instructor, notably at the Hadley School for the Blind in Winnetka IL. Lawhorn was Chicago based and received several National awards in recognition of her achievements. Born in 1916, she was the 3rd child of parents busy managing theatre venues of the vaudeville era, bringing them to Chicago from Indiana, then, Ohio.