Book

Blind courage / by Bill Irwin with David McCasland.

Irwin, Bill, 1940- (Author). McCasland, Dave. (Added Author).

Summary:

Bill Irwin's life has been filled with pain and promise. Trying to cope with divorce, alcoholism, estranged children and blindness has hardly been easy. In fact, it left Bill with a desire to continue to anesthetize himself with alcohol, even as he conducted seminars on toxicology.... Soon his life changed in many ways, ways that would eventually lead him to answer a call to walk the Appalachian Trail with his Seeing Eye dog, Orient. In a remarkable story of commitment, perseverance, and the will to survive, [the book] portrays Bill Irwin, the first blind person to hike the entire trail. Through fourteen states, along 2,168.9 miles, Bill and Orient walked, sending a message to us all, reminding us of and encouraging us to pursue our own impossible dreams. -Dust jacket

Record details

ISBN: 0941539865 :
Physical Description: 204 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Publisher: Waco, Tex. : WRS Pub., 1992.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Almost the end -- Getting it all together -- Blinding reality -- Life in the slow lane -- ... And forgetting where I put it -- Why me, Lord? -- In the limelight -- Family week -- Through other eyes -- Family matters -- Becoming emotionally lean -- More lessons learned -- Worst weather in the world -- Rain, rocks, and roots -- Katahdin -- Time alone -- So close, yet so far -- Doing it his way -- Real story -- End of the road -- Looking back.