num_pages: 256
description: 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 blindbut 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 38 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.
language: English
title: Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet's Journey
publisher: Simon & Schuster