Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet's Journey

In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.

Stephen Kuusisto was born legally blind--but he was also raised in the 1950s and taught to deny his blindness in order to pass as sighted. Stephen attended public school, rode a bike, and read books pressed right up against his nose. As an adult, he coped with his limited vision by becoming a professor in a small college town, memorizing routes for all of the places he needed to be. Then, at the age of thirty-eight, he was laid off. With no other job opportunities in his vicinity, he would have to travel to find work.

This is how he found himself at Guiding Eyes, paired with a Labrador named Corky. In this vivid and lyrical memoir, Stephen Kuusisto recounts how an incredible partnership with a guide dog changed his life and the heart-stopping, wondrous adventure that began for him in midlife. Profound and deeply moving, this is a spiritual journey, the story of discovering that life with a guide dog is both a method and a state of mind.

Author: Stephen Kuusisto
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 03/19/2019
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781451689808
ISBN10: 1451689802
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Pets | Dogs | General
- Biography & Autobiography | People with Disabilities