ISBN-13
9780007161263
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Publication Date
29 May 2007
Age Range
NA - NA years
Dimensions
20.32 x 13.46 x 2.72 CM
Shipping Weight
0.37 Kg
Pages
432
Language
English
Grade Level
NA - NA
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.