Intrepid Blind Traveler

We live in a time when many in America have journeyed miles away from home. Travel is relatively predictable, many McRestaurants,hotels, motels, web sites, and travel agents make the process nearly painless. But there was a time when travel was a considerable undertaking. Read about the 7 adventurers in John Keay's book and thrill at tales of daring and misadventureRead of Christian converts, gentlemen amateurs, and a blind man.

It is this kind of mid-list book that makes me glad we have libraries so that older books don't vanish from awareness in a time so driven by manipulated best-seller rankings and the talk show circuit.