These 39 pieces are classics of travel writing, elegantly written, infused with the inquisitiveness of a good journalist and often riotously funny. Wherever he goes - Dominica, up the Amazon River, Kuwait - Allen Abel always homes in on the human element of the story.
A US Marine veteran tells of working closely with prison inmates who raise and train puppies to become service dogs, while they learn that no life is irredeemable and all deserve a second chance.
