Roaming and Reading: A cross-country trip with a moody labrador

'Travels with Casey' by Benoit Denizet-Lewis
'Travels with Casey' by Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Book cover courtesy of publisher

For this week's Roaming and Reading, we take a cross-country trip with writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis and his moody Labrador, Casey, in a rented RV.

The two traveled across 32 states and 13,000 miles in the country with the highest rate of dog ownership in the world.

From Kirkus Reviews:

In a small RV, the two traveled from Provincetown, Rhode Island, to Florida, across the South, through the Midwest to California and back. Along the way, Denizet-Lewis met show dogs and strays, police dogs and pampered pets, and he visited with dog rescuers, trainers, groomers, whisperers, masseurs, photographers and healers. He talked with people suffering from cynophobia (fear of dogs) and others who claimed they could communicate with dogs and translate their messages to humans...

This sprightly, entertaining travelogue should find a delighted readership.

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