ITEM 1. AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE MEETING HOLDING AGENCY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
BOOK NUMBER: BR 11518
AUTHOR: Kuusisto, Stephen
TITLE: Planet of the Blind
IMPRINT: DIAL 1998
DESCRIPTION: 2 289 0 BR
BOUND WITH NOTE: NBP

ITEM 2.AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE MEETING HOLDING AGENCY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
BOOK NUMBER: RC 45500
DEWEY: 362.41092 92
AUTHOR: Kuusisto, Stephen.
TITLE: Planet of the blind / Stephen Kuusisto.
IMPRINT: New York : Dial Press, c1998.
PRODUCTION: NLS, sponsor. Insight for the Blind, recording agency.
1998. APH, distributor.
DESCRIPTION: 1 cassette : C-90 ; 15/16 ips. ; 4 track. RC.
ANNOTATION: Although legally blind since birth, Kuusisto passed as sighted for more than thirty years. He describes his refracted visual perceptions and how pretending to see actually interfered with his participation in the sighted world. Then, by using a white cane and, eventually, a guide dog, he experienced new acceptance and mobility. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.
SUBJECT: Kuusisto, Stephen.
SUBJECT: Blind--United States--Biography.
NARRATOR: Warren, Arnie, narrator (IFB)

ITEM 3.AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE MEETING HOLDING AGENCY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
BOOK NUMBER: NNRB (FT0613(00)) RC
DEWEY: 362.41092 92
AUTHOR: Kuusisto, Stephen.
TITLE: Planet of the blind / Stephen Kuusisto.
IMPRINT: New York : Dial Press, c1998.
PRODUCTION: Recording for the Blind, sponsor. Recording for the Blind, recording agency.
DESCRIPTION: cassettes : C-60 ; 15/16 ips. ; 4 track. RC.
ANNOTATION: This [book] is the record of a handicapped life ... [the author] has been legally blind since birth ... Brought up to disavow his blindness, [he] spend much of his life trying to pass as a sighted man, traveling everywhere at dizzying speeds without a cane. Still, he writes, he remained ashamed of his "blind self." As a child with bottle- lens glasses, he was ridiculed by his classmates; as an adolescent he struggled first with obesity, then anorexia; as a young adult, in love with reading, he suffered the derision of teachers who felt he could not possibly keep up with his studies. Fueled by his passion for the written work, [the author] nonetheless persisted, successfully, in conquering academia - until a devastating accident forced him to acquire the white cane at last. Almost immediately the cane became his "divining rod," but it was only a matter of time before he felt the need for a more powerful ally. Enter Corky, a two-year- old yellow Labrador retriever who became his guiding eyes and changed his life forever. - Dust jacket.
SUBJECT: Kuusisto, Stephen.
SUBJECT: Blind--United States--Biography.
HOLDING AGENCY: Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc., Princeton, NJ (FT0613(00)) RC

ITEM 4. AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE MEETING HOLDING AGENCY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
AUTHOR: KUUSISTO, STEPHEN.
TITLE: PLANET OF THE BLIND.
DESCRIPTION: cassettes. RC.
NOTE: Network library inprocess title. Notice received June, 1998.
HOLDING AGENCY: Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Cleveland Public Library

ITEM 5. AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE MEETING HOLDING AGENCY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
BOOK NUMBER: NNRB (FT0613(00)) RC
DEWEY: 362.41092 92
AUTHOR: Kuusisto, Stephen.
TITLE: Planet of the blind / Stephen Kuusisto.
IMPRINT: New York : Dial Press, c1998.
PRODUCTION: Recording for the Blind, sponsor. Recording for the Blind, recording agency.
DESCRIPTION: cassettes : C-60 ; 15/16 ips. ; 4 track. RC.
ANNOTATION: This [book] is the record of a handicapped life ... [the author] has been legally blind since birth ... Brought up to disavow his blindness, [he] spend much of his life trying to pass as a sighted man, traveling everywhere at dizzying speeds without a cane. Still, he writes, he remained ashamed of his "blind self." As a child with bottle- lens glasses, he was ridiculed by his classmates; as an adolescent he struggled first with obesity, then anorexia; as a young adult, in love with reading, he suffered the derision of teachers who felt he could not possibly keep up with his studies. Fueled by his passion for the written work, [the author] nonetheless persisted, successfully, in conquering academia - until a devastating accident forced him to acquire the white cane at last. Almost immediately the cane became his "divining rod," but it was only a matter of time before he felt the need for a more powerful ally. Enter Corky, a two-year- old yellow Labrador retriever who became his guiding eyes and changed his life forever. - Dust jacket.
SUBJECT: Kuusisto, Stephen.
SUBJECT: Blind--United States--Biography.
HOLDING AGENCY: Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc., Princeton, NJ (FT0613(00)) RC

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