Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (833 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00017JIPK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 477 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is a well-researched, always engrossing book.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. Descriptions of the African landscape are vivid, as are the descriptions of malaria, dysentery, sleeping sickness, insect infestations, monsoons and tribal wars, all of which Stanley and Livingstone faced. More disturbing, however is Dugard's depiction of the prosperous Arab slave trade, which creates a sense of menace that often reaches Conradian intensity. From Publishers Weekly It is rare when a historical narrative keeps readers up late into the night, especially
A drifter with great ambition, but little success to show for it, Stanley undertook his assignment with gusto, filing reports that would one day captivate readers and dominate the front page of the New York Herald. David Livingstone, who had spent years in Africa as a missionary. With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. He would send a young journalist, Henry Morton Stanley, into Africa to search for Livingstone. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. The first book to draw on modern research and to explore the combination of adventure, politics, and larger-than-life personalities involved, Into Africa is a riveting read.. Tracing the amazing journeys of Livingstone and Stanley in alternating chapters, author Martin Dugard captures with breathtaking immediacy the perils and challenges these men face
Disease, dangerous animals, warring tribes, disgruntled employees, and other hazards of being a 19th century explorer in Africa. Bernie Gourley “Doctor Livingstone, I presume?” These iconic words are culturally embedded in the psyche of Americans (and, I assume, the British as well), but I had only a vague understanding of their meaning before reading Dugard’s account of the two expeditions that wou. Very entertaining nonfiction! David Freydkin Although nonfiction, "Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone" reads like an adventure and is a real page turner. The book far exceeded my expectations. One really gets the feel of what it is like to travel through Africa, especially during the early and m. "An Explorer for the Ages" according to Susan L. Lane. We all as school children learned of the famous British explorer David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley"Dr. Livingstone, I presume" but there is so much more than just thatThis generation of epic British explorers endured hardship, deprivation and personal jeopardy beyond