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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the reference to the book that Brian Miller mentioned at our last meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></a></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> BrianMiller [mailto:brianrmiller88@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 13, 2017 8:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> Halverson John <johnh50@verizon.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Evelyn.Valdez@va.gov<br><b>Subject:</b> Book referenced at last night's meeting<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi John,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A sense of the world: How a blind man became history's greatest traveler, Jason Roberts, Harper-Collins, 2006. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is available on NLS. Here is the description:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h4><span lang=EN><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB62703">A sense of the world: how a blind man became history's greatest traveler DB62703</a><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>Roberts, J<span class=hghlght>a</span>son. Reading time: 12 hours, 41 minutes. <br>Re<span class=hghlght>a</span>d by D<span class=hghlght>a</span>vid Cutler. <br><br>Dis<span class=hghlght>a</span>bility<br>Tr<span class=hghlght>a</span>vel<br><br>Biogr<span class=hghlght>a</span>phy <span class=hghlght>of</span> Englishm<span class=hghlght>a</span>n J<span class=hghlght>a</span>mes Holm<span class=hghlght>a</span>n (1786-1857), who w<span class=hghlght>a</span>s blinded <span class=hghlght>a</span>t twenty-five <span class=hghlght>a</span>fter serving in <span class=hghlght>the</span> N<span class=hghlght>a</span>poleonic w<span class=hghlght>a</span>rs <span class=hghlght>a</span>nd who <span class=hghlght>the</span>n <span class=hghlght>a</span>chieved f<span class=hghlght>a</span>me <span class=hghlght>a</span>s <span class=hghlght>a</span> <span class=hghlght>world</span> tr<span class=hghlght>a</span>veler. Quoting from Holm<span class=hghlght>a</span>n's memoirs, describes how he fought sl<span class=hghlght>a</span>very in <span class=hghlght>A</span>fric<span class=hghlght>a</span>, survived c<span class=hghlght>a</span>ptivity in Siberi<span class=hghlght>a</span>, ch<span class=hghlght>a</span>rted <span class=hghlght>the</span> <span class=hghlght>A</span>ustr<span class=hghlght>a</span>li<span class=hghlght>a</span>n outb<span class=hghlght>a</span>ck, <span class=hghlght>a</span>nd published three books. 2006.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Brian Miller<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>