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Free ebook on nineteenth century blind world traveler
I subscribe to Richard Seltxer's "eBook of the Week" mailing list, in which a free ebook arrives in my mailbox once a week (Richard also maintains a similar list for children's books).
The bonus free ebook of the week (the main ebook was an Edgar Rice Burroughs ebook) was
"A Voyage Round the world, Volume 1, including travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia,
American, etc. from 1827 to 1832" by James Holman.
The note from the list subscriber who suggested this ebook included the following:
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following: 'The first well-known practitioner of echolocation was James
Holman, born in 1786 with normal vision. James was only 12 years old when
he enlisted in the British navy, rising to lieutenant by his 20s. Then,
after an illness involving severe joint pain, Holman lost his vision at 25.
Holman decided to travel the world, using a walking stick and listening for
resounding clicks as he trekked through Europe, Asia, Africa, and South
America. The books he wrote about his sometimes-perilous journeys were
bestsellers in the 1800s. After his death in 1857, the so-called "Blind
Traveler" was gradually forgotten. His story is recounted in the book "A
Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler," by
Jason Roberts. For more on Holman, listen to an interview with Roberts at
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5675082
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You can find this free ebook at Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12528
You can join the Free eBook of the Week Club or the Free Children's Book of the Week Club by going to
http://www.samizdat.com
and searching for "free ebook" .
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