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A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler

Author Jason Roberts

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Publisher Harper Perennial

Category Travel Writing

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He was known simply as the Blind Traveler. A solitary, sightless adventurer, James Holman (1786-1857) fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, helped chart the Australian outbackand, astonishingly, circumnavigated the globe, becoming one of the greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored. A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history's most epic livesa story to awaken our own senses of awe and wonder.

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Release Date: 2007-05-29
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780007161263

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