How I Found Livingstone by Henry Morton Stanley

How I Found Livingstone by Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley's greeting to the Scottish medical missionary David Livingstone 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?' is to exploration what Holmes's 'Elementary, my dear Watson' is to detective fiction. It took place in a remote African settlement when a travelling correspondent for the New York Herald successfully concluded an assignment to find the renowned explorer. But the meeting, and the events surrounding it, proved to be more than just a simple news story. Stanley's accounts of his expedition not only helped transform Livingstone into one of the great Victorian heroes, but were also the springboard from which Stanley himself became the most accomplished of all African explorers. How I Found Livingstone was written in six weeks, published in November 1872, and had sold through three printings by Christmas. For Stanley was not only a great explorer, he was also one of the most talented writers ever to tell the tale of travel and discovery in Africa. His account of his journey through East Africa, and his time spent investigating Lake Tanganyika with Livingstone, is one of the classics of African exploration.

Henry M. Stanley was a Welsh journalist and explorer who lived from 1841 to 1904. He joined the New York Herald after conducting freelance journalism and attended an expedition to Abyssinia in 1868. Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Persia, and India were among the countries he visited. He is well known for his African explorations and his search for David Livingstone, whom he met in Tanganyika.

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ISBN 13	9781840226485
ISBN 10	184022648X
Title	How I Found Livingstone
Author	Henry Morton Stanley
Series	Wordsworth Classics Of World Literature
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Year published	2010-05-05
Number of pages	640
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