| My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia - Volume 2 Contributor(s): Stanley, Henry Morton (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108032982 ISBN-13: 9781108032988 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - History | Native American |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asi |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.23 lbs) 442 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) was a journalist and explorer renowned for his adventures in Africa. After emigrating to America in 1859, Stanley worked as a journalist for the New York Herald. In 1869 he was instructed to undertake an expedition to find the missionary David Livingstone, and the success of this mission brought him public recognition and financial success. Published in 1895, these two volumes contain Stanley's early journalistic writing as special correspondent for the Herald and the Missouri Democrat. Volume 2 begins in 1869, when Stanley was sent to report on the inauguration of the Suez Canal, to write a guide to the Nile and to give an account of Sir Charles Warren's explorations underneath Jerusalem, before proceeding through Persia to India. Displaying his characteristic energy, versatility and direct writing style throughout, Stanley portrays, in the words of his publisher, 'life-like pictures of times gone by'. |