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Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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"Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: This revelatory biography of the famed adventurer is "commanding, definitive . . . an unalloyed triumph" (The Washington Post Book World).
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Henry Morton Stanley, so the tale goes, was a cruel imperialist who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of the Congo. He also conducted the most legendary celebrity...
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Henry Morton Stanley, so the tale goes, was a cruel imperialist who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of the Congo. He also conducted the most legendary celebrity...
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