01930cam a2200301 i 4500 340560586 TxAuBib 20180316120000.0 180305s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781451689792 25.00 1451689799 25.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Kuusisto, Stephen. Have dog, will travel [BOOK] : a poet's journey / Stephen Kuusisto. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018. 239 pages ; 19 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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 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. Provided by publisher. 20180316. Kuusisto, Stephen. Guide dogs. Human-animal relationships. Poets, American Biography. Blind United States Biography. Biographies.