![]() ![]() James Holman achieved near-mythic status with a series of journeys that took him to Siberia, Africa, South America, Australia, India, Turkey and the Middle East. Since no biography of James Holman existed, Roberts set out to remedy the situation after three years of research he wrote A Sense of the World, a book that would document not just a profoundly inspiring figure, but one of history’s most richly lived lives.Ĭalling his subject a whirlwind of incongruities: an intrepid invalid, a poet turned warrior turned wanderer, a solitary man who remained deeply engaged with humanity, Roberts writes that Holman’s adventures were the blind man’s way of remaining connected to the business of life. Reading these antiquarian rarities, which were notably lacking in autobiographical detail, whetted Roberts’ appetite for more information about the man who was known as The Blind Explorer during his own lifetime. ![]() Trying to learn more about the 19th-century blind man and his extensive travels, Roberts was only able to find a few volumes of Holman’s own writing. Jason Robertsa contributor to The Village Voice, among other publicationsbecame curious about a certain Englishman named James Holman after reading a brief chapter on him in a book about eccentric travelers. ![]()
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