num_pages: 382
description: "He was known as the "blind" traveler, a solitary adventurer who fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted elephants in Ceylon and helped chart the Australian outback. He was James Holman, who lived from 1786 to 1857.
language: English
title: A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler
titlecomplete: A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler
genres: Adventure, Historical, History, Travel, Disability, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, Book Club, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1381
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Guardian First Book Award
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography
publisher: Harper