In essays and books, he explored physical landscapes and the terrain of his own life, up to the blindness that overtook him ...

One of the world’s most acclaimed nature writers, Edward Hoagland, has died at age 93. He overcame a stutter and near-blindness to publish dozens of books ...

Edward Hoagland, a prize-winning nature and travel writer who overcame badly impaired eyesight to explore the world and hone a conversational and digressive style that mirrored the spontaneous paths ...

CASA GRANDE - Demetric Smith is tall, trim, good-looking. And articulate. When he speaks, however, the words don't come flowing out. They come out in stops and starts because of a lifelong stutter.