num_pages: 360
description: Enduring appeal. . . . [Farewell] has handled his material expertly presenting it with freshness and vigor.  Library Journal Finding Dr. Livingston was only one of many exploits in the remarkable life of the great African explorer Henry M. Stanley. In a narrative that reads like a novel Byron Farwell tells the story of this complex man who made a major contribution o the worlds knowledge. He describes his bitter childhood his coming to America where he found a friend and a name his service in the American Civil War his African adventures and his late but happy marriage.
language: English
title: The Man Who Presumed: A Biography of Henry M. Stanley
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company