{"product_id":"9781439153567","title":"Travels With Casey","description":"A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e “Book of the Week”: This hilarious, charming road trip through canine-loving America is “essential reading for dog lovers and armchair travelers” (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I don’t think my dog likes me very much,” \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis confesses at the beginning of his cross-country journey with his nine-year-old Labrador-mix, Casey. Over the next four months, thirty-two states, and 13,000 miles in a rented motor home, Denizet-Lewis and his lovable, moody canine companion try—with humorous and touching results—to pay tribute to the most powerful interspecies bond there is, in the country with the highest rate of dog ownership in the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOn the way, Denizet-Lewis—“a master at effortlessly weaving bits of research into his narrative” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e)—meets an irresistible cast of dogs and their dog-obsessed humans. Denizet-Lewis and Casey hang out with wolf-dogs in Appalachia, enter a dock-jumping competition in Florida, meet homeless teens and their dogs in Washington, sleep in a Beagle-shaped bed and breakfast in Idaho, and visit “Dog Whisperer” Cesar Millan in California. And then there are the \u003ci\u003ereally out there\u003c\/i\u003e characters: pet psychics, dog-wielding hitchhikers, and two women who took their neighbor to court for allegedly failing to pick up her dog’s poop.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDenizet-Lewis’s memoir “is a lot like Casey…fun, sweet, and a little neurotic” (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e)—a delightfully idiosyncratic blend of memoir and travelogue coupled with a sociological exploration of a dog-obsessed America. \u003ci\u003eTravels With Casey\u003c\/i\u003e is “a thoroughly engaging and often hilarious investigation of the therapeutic nature of our relationships with dogs” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300828922096,"sku":"9781439153567","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439153567_p0.jpg?v=1763789622","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439153567","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}