{"product_id":"2940170644841","title":"A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler","description":"\u003cp\u003eJournalist Jason Roberts has won critical praise for \u003ci\u003eA Sense of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. His biography of \"the blind traveler\" has been named a Best Book of the Year by numerous publications, including the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough blinded as a young Naval lieutenant, James Holman became one of the world's most prolific and observant travelers. He was known simply as the Blind Traveler -- a solitary, sightless adventurer who, astonishingly, fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, and helped chart the Australian outback. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Holman (1786-1857) became \"one of the greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored,\" triumphing not only over blindness but crippling pain, poverty, and the interference of well-meaning authorities (his greatest feat, a circumnavigation of the globe, had to be launched in secret). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce a celebrity, a bestselling author, and an inspiration to Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Francis Burton, the charismatic, witty Holman outlived his fame, dying in an obscurity that has endured -- until now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117360267504,"sku":"2940170644841","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170644841_p0.jpg?v=1763714887","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170644841","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}