Download or read book Deaf Smith written by Jo Harper and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Erastus Smith, known as Deaf because of his inability to hear, celebrating the gumption that led the sickly man from New York to Texas where he became strong, married, earned the respect of his neighbors, and became a hero in Texas' fight for independence from Mexico.