Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone - Rilegato

Dugard, Martin

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ISBN 10: 0385504519 ISBN 13: 9780385504515

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 2003

Riassunto

An action-packed historical narrative describes the disappearance of legendary explorer Dr. David Livingstone while searching for the source of the Nile River, the efforts of journalist Henry Morton Stanley to search for the missing man, and the individual journeys of the two men through the uncharted heart of Africa, which culminated in their famed encounter.

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Recensione:

“An action-packed recounting of one of the most famous incidents in the history of exploration. Until well into the 19th century, European geography textbooks portrayed central Africa as a vast, uncharted wasteland, almost certainly a graveyard for any outsider unwise enough to enter it. . . . In the late 1860s, [David] Livingstone and a large entourage disappeared somewhere between Zanzibar and Lake Tanganyika while poking around for the source of the Nile. Enter New York Herald correspondent Henry Morton Stanley. . . . Braving disease, difficult terrain, and all manner of deprivation, Stanley for three years [followed] Livingstone’s trail, despairing of ever finding the senior explorer. . . . Fine entertainment for adventure buffs, solidly researched and fluently told.”

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

L'autore:

MARTIN DUGARD is the author of Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook, Knockdown: The Harrowing True Account of a Yacht Race Turned Deadly, and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller, Survivor: The Ultimate Game. His dispatches have appeared in GQ, Sports Illustrated, and Esquire. A lifelong adventurer, he completed the Raid Gauloise race and was coholder of the Around the World Speed Record. He lives in Orange County, California.

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0385504519
• ISBN 13: 9780385504515
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352