Sense of the World

<p>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. <em>A Sense of the World</em> 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.</p>