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LIVINGSTONE by Jeal, Tim (re: David Livingstone)
First Thus
Book Description
Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1985. (xvi) 425 pp. First Penguin printing. Light wear on the corners with a bit of a bend in the centre and a flat uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with line drawings and maps. The Chapters are: Introduction: A Contradictory Hero. Part One: Aspiration: Factory Boy 1813 - 1836; Medical Studies and Missionary Training 1836 - 1840; Africa and South Africa in 1841; Early Disappointment - Kuruman 1841 - 1843; A False Start - Mabotsa 1844 - 1845; Livingstone and the Boers - Chonuane 1845 - 1847; The Only Convert - Kolobeng 1847 - 1849. Part Two: Achievement: North to the Zambesi 1849 - 1851; Return to Linyanti 1852 - 1853; From Coast to Coast 1853 - 1856. Part Three: Fame: National Hero - The First Visit Home 1856 - 1858; The Price of Optimism - The Makololo Mission 1857 - 1860; Her Majesty's Consul. Part Four: Reversal: The Zambesi Expedition Sets Sail; The Rocks in God's Highway 1858; Colonial Dreams - The Shire and Lake Nyassa 1859 - 1860; Death of a Fighting Bishop; Disaster and Collapse - The End of the Zambesi Expedition 1862 - 1864. Part Five: Rejection: The Last Visit Home 1964 - 1865. Part Six: Atonement: Nyassa to Tanganyika 1866 - 1869; Fantasy in Manyuema 1869 - 1871; Stanley and the Livingstone Myth; The Last Journey 1872 - 1873; and Livingstone and the British Empire; followed by Appendix: The Date of the Stanley - Livingstone Meeting; and an index.. ISBN: 0140071253. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. africa africana;.
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