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The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B (Paperback)
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The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
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Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Welsh-born explorer famous
for his 1871 meeting with the missionary David Livingstone,
published this intimate autobiography in 1909. Through his
recollections we learn how his troubled early life - an
impoverished childhood in a workhouse and some harrowing
experiences as a young soldier - were what drove him to succeed as
an explorer, and gave him the strength to deal with the sometimes
vehement opposition he encountered. Although Stanley died before
finishing this book, his wife Dorothy brought it to completion by
compiling and editing the letters and memoirs he wrote during his
travels, so that his avowed aim - to encourage impoverished young
people to realise their ambitions - was met. This is the story of a
man who, in the context of his own time, achieved 'greatness'
against the odds, though his imperialist and allegedly racist views
later caused the eclipse of his reputation.
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