Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingston
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In 1866, Britain’s foremost explorer, David Livingstone, went in search of the source of the Nile. He was not seen again for nearly six years. This was not the first long term expedition Livingstone had undertaken, but it was rare for him not to send regular reports back to London. To all intents and purposes he had disappeared into the African jungle. The British government made no efforts to try and trace Livingstone, believing it an impossible task. Five years after his disappearance, but, the quest was taken up by an American newspaper, the “New York Indication”. The “Indication”’s ambitious, eccentric (and circulation hungry) publisher, James Gordon Bennett, sent his top reporter, one Henry Stanley, to track Livingstone down. So started Stanley’s African odyssey which was to culminate ten months later with the legendary axiom “Dr Livingstone, I presume”. History has described Stanley as a fantastic adventurer, the intrepid explorer who braved the African wilderness to find the ailing Livingstone. This account tells a slightly different tale. Dugard argues that Stanley was at a loss in Africa, had small experience of travel and was out of his depth in this weird and foreign land, having to rely entirely on his guides. He was petrified by this wild land and regularly struck down by tropical illness. The man who led him to Livingstone, the man who deserves the credit which Stanley has since been lauded with, was his guide, Sidi Mubarak Bombay. But Stanley’s journey was an emotional as well as a physical one. Arriving in Africa he was frightened by the scale and strangeness of this new land, ignorant of the local culture, and belligerent in his belief in colonial supremacy. But slowly as his journey progressed he awoke to the beauty of Africa, the grandeur of her landscape and the plain diversity of her wildlife. Here is a right adventure tale, set against the most dramatic of backdrops and featuring two of history’s most enduring heroes.
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There exists a New Yorker review of this book (June 2,2003 issue). It is absolutely fascinating – the review, that is, not the book. It exposes the book as “pedestrian rehash that reads like one of the Victorian hagiographies”. The book has ignored all the intervening research and accepted as fact Stanley’s self-serving and now-discredited accounts. Most of the New Yorker review is about Stanley and Livingston themselves and chockful of realistic info about these fascinating and utterly dissimilar characters.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
A excellent tale, though not extraordinarilly well written. It does serve well enough as a casual introduction to the tale of Stanley and Livingstone.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I learned about Livingstone and Stanley briefly in my middle-school years. The details that I remember from that learning experience are sparse, and do nothing to clarify the characters in the tale.
This book fleshed out the lives of two men in marvelous detail. I never understood the humanity of Livingstone (I knew he was a missionary, a detail that tends to deify a name in my mind). I never understood the scenery of Stanley and what drove him to find Livingstone when no one else could. These men were larger than life – both an inspiration to persevere where no one else can or will. Their accomplishments are worlds apart, but equally remarkable.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
This writer grabbed the tiger (or lion in this case) by the tail and hung on to the finsih line.A real winner! The best book I have read in years.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
One of the fantastic mysteries of the late nineteenth century was not so much where was the source of the Nile River, but where was the explorer, Doctor David Livingstone, who was in search of the source. No need for lengthy details here – I want to simply say that there has never been a movie made that contained as much breath-taking adventure as this right epic of exploration. The armchair historian will come away with a fantastic admiration for both Doctor Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley, not only as fantastic explorers but as two men who were so devoted to their cause that they allowed nothing to curtain or contain their quest. This is a fascinating and incredible adventure reasonably unmatched in any of it’s kind. For persons who have agreed only a passing thought to the Stanley and Livingstone saga in history, you will come away from this book with a fresh and strong appreciation for what real men with a real cause will suffer.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5