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Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer

Tim Jeal

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Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer

With access to previously closed Stanley family archives, Jeal reveals the extent to which Stanley's career and life have been misunderstood and undervalued. Rejected by both parents and consigned to a Welsh workhouse, he emigrated to America as a penniless eighteen-year-old. Jeal re-creates Stanley's rise to success, his friendships and romantic relationships, and his life-changing decision to assume an American identity. Stanley's epic but unfairly forgotten African journeys are described, establishing the explorer as the greatest to set foot on the continent.

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Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2007
ISBN-13
9780300142235
Genre
Biography & Memoir
Topics
African explorationHenry Morton Stanley19th-century imperialism

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