Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
by Jeal, Tim
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- ISBN 10
- 0300126255
- ISBN 13
- 9780300126259
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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007. xiii, 570 pages, [23] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "We think of Stanley as a cruel imperialist who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of the Congo--and the journalist who conducted the most legendary celebrity interview in history, opening with, 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?' But these perceptions are not quite true, as biographer Jeal shows. With access to previously closed Stanley family archives, Jeal reveals the extent to which Stanley's career and life have been misunderstood and undervalued. Few have started life as disadvantaged as Stanley. 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. / Tim Jeal is the author of two previous biographies, Livingstone and Baden-Powell: Founder of the Boy Scouts, both published by Yale University Press and both chosen as Notable Books of the Year by the New York Times and the Washington Post." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Title
- Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
- Author
- Jeal, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0300126255
- ISBN 13
- 9780300126259
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES;
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