When I read this book, I thought it was so amazing, I wanted to get some input from the author Lloyd Burlingame.
"To their owners, all Seeing Eye dogs are miracle workers. However, there are the rare few, like the two exceptionally stalwart heroes of my book, TWO SEEING EYE DOGS TAKE MANHATTAN! A LOVE STORY, who triumph brilliantly over the obstacles of a huge city. They are the canine equivalents of the intrepid “Navy Seals.” Undaunted, they meet the challenges of the Big Apple. Dodging cars, crowds, and one emergency situation after another, they guide this visually challenged partner safely to any destination.
Two Seeing Eye Dogs Take Manhattan: A Love Story is a story about the true adventures -- and misadventures -- of this blind New Yorker and my two amazing Seeing Eye dogs.
The book is for readers of all ages and I hope readers will be fascinated by these pooches who lavish the gifts of independence, dignity, and freedom on owners such as myself. Take in city life with them: Be there in Carnegie Hall when Hickory woofs his unscheduled duet with the world-famous diva Renee Fleming. Fly with Kemp, his intrepid successor, to Austria where he out-charms the Viennese.
As my dogs tell their stories, I take you behind the scenes at The Seeing Eye in Morristown, New Jersey, where Hickory and Kemp were bred and trained. Back in New York, I resume my active lifestyle and passionate attendance at opera and Broadway, as both dogs soon become regulars in the show business milieu.
My career as a busy stage designer led to Chairing the Design Department of NYU’s famed Tisch School of the Arts. Alumni of this program now design nationally and internationally and have won Oscars, Obbies, Emmies and Tonys.
My own highest award for outstanding achievement, however, goes to my guide dogs who have transformed my life from a grainy black-and-white silent film, into a vivid Technicolor, 3-D spectacular!"
This is a book that's appeal goes beyond pet lovers, anyone who picks it up will be enchanted.
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