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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.
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HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE,
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This review is from: How I Found Livingstone (Great Adventurers) (Hardcover)
A long book with 583 pages, pictures and old map, which find reading impossible even with a magnifying lens!" The story speaks of fevers,relates dangers, little joys, annoyances and pleasures, as they occured".It is amazing how Stanley remembers all names of rivers, mountains, tribles, sheikhs,crops and areas.
It also shows that old Tanganyika was well advanced in crops, food,fields than old Kenya in the 1870's.Stanley and his men suffer from fever, smallpox, infections, bites, attacks and not many servive searching for Livingstone.Stanley travels from Bagamoyo om 23.3.1871 westwards towards Lake Tanganyika to Ujiji. Even has battle with Mirambo. Finally, he meets Livingstone with a well known phrase'DR LIVINGSTONE,I PRESUME'.He then travels with the Doctor for 5 months and confirms that river Rusizi flows INTO Lake Tanganyika from the north.Livingstone refuses to go home or to the coast, but travels with Stanley to Tabora for his supplies. Leaving Livingstone on 14.3.1872, Stanley tavels to the coast, taking his letter of proof and Livingstones papers.Livingstone wants to go north to search the source of the Nile.On 6.5.1872,Stanley arrives at the coast and meets Livingstone's son Oswell, who changes his mind to go and help his father with supplies. On 27.8.1872, the foreign office writes to Stanley on his arrival in England,stating Queen Victoria's thanks for reporting on Livingstone. The story is as fresh today 2007 as it was when written in 1872. Read it and enjoy.
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4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very nice edition,
By Autodidact - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How I Found Livingstone (Great Adventurers) (Hardcover)
"How I Found Livingstone" is the first person account of journalist Henry Stanley who was assigned to go find Livingstone, who had been missing for two years in Central Africa and was presumed by some to be dead. It's an interesting read, not just for the story that Stanley thinks he is telling about Central Africa, but for the implicit story of Stanley himself, including his own attitudes. It's enough to make you want to build a time machine so you can go back in time and smack him. And of course Stanley is telling tall tales for his audience too, as he made his living as a penny-a-liner. Should be read in conjunction with a good work of history to put this self-absorbed sadist into context.
The five stars are for the edition, which is hard cover with color illustrations and maps as well as more current photographs of the places that are discussed in Stanley's book. You need a good reason to buy a book edition, because you can download Stanley's entire book for free through Google Books. I started to do this but decided that I wanted a book form rather than 800 printer pages, and I think I got my money's worth. 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A bit verbose; problems with Kindle formatting,
By PBF - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How I Found Livingstone [Illustrated] (Kindle Edition)
Given the era in which it was written, the language is a bit overblown but not intolerably so. However, the formatting is a continual challenge. The tale is interesting but be prepared to adjust the font size every couple of chapters.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A Compact Edition,
By David Adams - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How I Found Livingstone (Great Adventurers) (Hardcover)
Just a note: This IS a very nice compact edition. Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.8 x 1.6 inches. Don't worry about the font size, as it is large enough to read easily. The pictures are quite well done, including engravings from Stanley's original edition and color prints and maps. The margins are one-half inch, so if you are one to write notes, this will be a little cramped for you. This is a straight-forward tale that reads like the adventure story it is.
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