A Sense of the World

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.

Maps	p. xi
Introduction: The World and Its Multiplying Delights	p. xvii
Prelude: I See Things Better with My Feet	p. 1
The Child in the Compass	p. 7
Scarcely Worth Drowning	p. 21
The Very Height of Expectation	p. 31
Nor Sun Nor Moon	p. 57
The Seven Gentlemen	p. 83
A Smattering of Physic	p. 99
A Whimsical Invalid	p. 111
The Experimental Citizen	p. 125
A Circuit of the World	p. 147
True Sentiments and Powers	p. 159
The Sleeping Land	p. 187
A Salvo Upon All Defects	p. 209
White Man's Grave	p. 237
My Dangerous and Novel Course	p. 257
Assumming a More Alarming Character	p. 287
The Arrival of an English Traveler	p. 311
The Pleasure of His Intimacy	p. 321
Raise the Soul to Flame	p. 343
Acknowledgments	p. 357
Notes and Sources	p. 359
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