[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] FW: Book referenced at last night's meeting

John Halverson johnh50 at verizon.net
Sat Jan 14 20:19:58 UTC 2017


Colleagues,

 

Here is the reference to the book that Brian Miller mentioned at our last
meeting.

 

John

 

 

From: BrianMiller [mailto:brianrmiller88 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 8:42 AM
To: Halverson John <johnh50 at verizon.net>
Cc: Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov
Subject: Book referenced at last night's meeting

 

Hi John,

 

Thanks for the opportunity to talk to the chapter last night; it was a real
pleasure. I think the membership was engaged with the topic, and there is
much more to be said. Perhaps the program committee can discuss at some
point what specific travel related topics might be of value for future
meetings. A report from our travel and tourism division; a demonstration of
accessible travel-related smart phone apps; a review of international laws
that protect travelers with disabilities, and so on. We may wish to identify
others who can cover such topics with greater finesse, particularly the
technological stuff - I use a lot of different apps and technologies, but I
don't necessarily consider myself a techno-maven.

 

I did want to share the bibliographic information for the book I mentioned
last night at the meeting. As you recall, I mentioned the book by Jason
Roberts about John Holman, the famous eighteenth and nineteenth century
explorer and writer.  Here is the book info:

 

A sense of the world: How a blind man became history's greatest traveler,
Jason Roberts, Harper-Collins, 2006.  

 

It is available on NLS. Here is the description:

 


A sense of the world: how a blind man became history's greatest traveler
DB62703 <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB62703> 


Roberts, Jason. Reading time: 12 hours, 41 minutes. 
Read by David Cutler. 

Disability
Travel

Biography of Englishman James Holman (1786-1857), who was blinded at
twenty-five after serving in the Napoleonic wars and who then achieved fame
as a world traveler. Quoting from Holman's memoirs, describes how he fought
slavery in Africa, survived captivity in Siberia, charted the Australian
outback, and published three books. 2006.

 

Roberts is not an historian, or a blind person, but he utilized very solid
historical techniques to conduct his research, and he writes with a
surprising degree of sensitivity and insight on blindness during that era
about which he writes. 

 

I can also recommend Isabel Grand's memoir, "Crooked Paths Made Straight,"
edited by our very own Debbie Kent Stein, which came out just last year. It
is not available on NLS yet, but it can be purchased from Amazon.com as a
Kindle book.  

 

Please feel free to share the above with the chapter as you see fit. I can
recommend many more books on travel and exploration, with specific attention
to certain regions for those who are interested. 

 

Thank you,

 

Brian Miller

 

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