Clarence Hawkes

Clarence Hawkes was an American author and lecturer born on December 16, 1869, in Goshen, Massachusetts, who lost his sight at age 13 in a hunting accident and later attended Perkins School for the Blind, where he befriended Helen Keller.[1][2] He became a prolific writer of over 100 books, primarily nature stories, poetry, and animal biographies, and published his autobiography Hitting the Dark Trail in 1915.[1][4] Hawkes emphasized patience, perseverance, and pluck as keys to his success despite blindness, gaining recognition as one of the best-known nature writers of his time.[1]