Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson with Susy Flory 4

 

"So blind people are still able-bodied, with full command of their intelligence and abilities; they just use alternative techniques on their journey through life. And sometimes those techniques can even be superior to the techniques of light-dependent people."   -Michael Hingson

The subtitle of this book is almost a summary: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero. I can't say I really enjoyed this book, but I was educated by it. For that reason I gave it a 4 rating. Thunder Dog was chosen as our book club's March selection by a member who is blind and has a guide dog. I really look forward to hearing what she has to say about the book.

Author Michael Hingson was on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center, north tower, at 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, that day that lives in infamy. The reader who experienced that terrorist attack only through television gets an up-close and personal perspective of the horror through Hingson's account. And it is so interesting to know the teamwork that helped him and his dog, Roselle, to survive an event that so many others did not.

I thought Hingson was a bit arrogant, but I guess his intelligence and self-confidence served him well, along with others he helped and encouraged. Roselle was very likeable!

Though it wasn't particularly entertaining, I am glad I read the book.