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

Name: Sense of the World How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler
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ISBN: 9780007161263

ISBN-10: 0007161263

ISBN-13: 9780007161263

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Authors: Jason Roberts

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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 outback-and, 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 lives-a story to awaken our own senses of awe and wonder.

Book details

List price: $15.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/29/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Maps


Introduction: The World and Its Multiplying Delights


Prelude: I See Things Better with My Feet



The Child in the Compass



Scarcely Worth Drowning



The Very Height of Expectation



Nor Sun Nor Moon



The Seven Gentlemen



A Smattering of Physic



A Whimsical Invalid



The Experimental Citizen



A Circuit of the World



True Sentiments and Powers



The Sleeping Land



A Salvo Upon All Defects



White Man's Grave



My Dangerous and Novel Course



Assumming a More Alarming Character



The Arrival of an English Traveler



The Pleasure of His Intimacy



Raise the Soul to Flame


Acknowledgments


Notes and Sources