Very engagingly written in the first person. There were several times when his life was in the balance. "Again I felt overwhelming gratitude for my life and circumstances. The fact that I was still able to pursue my life's work despite having experienced life threatening cancer and other obstacles led me to one conclusion. There is no coincidence; there are choices before each of us and with those choices, we are granted the freedom to respond to live's twists and turns. ... The funadamental fact remains, we always have a choice." (Page 155)

At chapter 23 (Page 157) the story shifts from biography to interesting stories about the dogs and their handlers, some of them were written by the handlers.

Quibbles: No Table of Contents, no index, many of the photos are so dark that it is difficult to make out faces.

Chapter 24: Supreme Court

Chapter 25: Doubled Workload through church service, and the politics of reorganization.

Chapter 28: Mandatory retirement at age 57, with more on human tenacity at resisting change. ( )