VISION: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice

Tatel has served nearly 30 years on America's second-highest court, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Yet he has been blind for the past 50 of his 80-plus years. At first, he tried to hide his deteriorating vision. Only recently, partly thanks to his first-ever guide dog, Vixen, has he come to accept his blindness.