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by John Bierman

ISBN: 039422180X
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Author: John Bierman
Subcategory: Memoirs
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Language: English
Publisher: Knopf; 1st edition (1990)
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FREE shipping on qualifying offers. Best remembered for his innocuous greeting upon finding the lost Dr. Livingstone, Henry Morton Stanley was the most celebrated explorer in an age that worshipped explorers. Dark Safari recounts Stanley's adventures in Africa.

John Bierman, reports Stanley was a consummate liar and that Stanley's autobiography is filled with perversions of reality.

An exploration of the darkest heart of the man who greeted the explorer. John Bierman, reports Stanley was a consummate liar and that Stanley's autobiography is filled with perversions of reality. Stanley says he found himself in America after deserting England via ship. He was conned into the Confederate army by a southern belle who promised eternal love (Stanley says. Nonsense, reports Bierman. This was another part of the myth. There is evidence he fought at Shiloh, where he was captured by Union troops, and interned near Chicago.

Dark Safari is a BOMC alternate. James A. Casada, Winthrop Coll. Today, if he's thought of at all, Stanley is chiefly remembered as the author of comically droll inquiry, "Doctor Livingstone, I presume?" In "Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley," we're introduced to an almost stereotypical celebrity. A man who substitutes the spotlight for the affection and love he never received as a child.

A biography of the American 19th-century explorer, Henry Morton Stanley. The author has also written "Napoleon III and His Colonial Empire" and "Righteous Gentile".

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Despite much public criticism of Stanley's obsessive behavior and lack of concern for human life, however, he was ultimately knighted, Bierman handles these complex matters with admirable clarity.

Dark safari the life behind the legend of henry morton stanley by john bierman .

Dark safari the life behind the legend of henry morton stanley by john bierman published by john curtis, hodder and stoughton, london 1991. This book shatters this self perpetuating myth and brings the Anglo American explorer back to the forefront of African Exploration. Stanley had a very different view of Africans compared to Livingston, while Livingston was a more gentle and loved European in Africa, Stanley used the whip and the gun to get his bearers to do exactly as he wanted.

McLynn's book is also the better balanced treatment of the two; Bierman focuses on that portion of Stanley's life between 1841 and 1877-the "dark safari" of his title

McLynn's book is also the better balanced treatment of the two; Bierman focuses on that portion of Stanley's life between 1841 and 1877-the "dark safari" of his title. Both books will be greeted with enthusiasm by students of exploration, British imperialism, and African history, and are highly recommended for most libraries. Dark Safari is a BOMC alternate.

An exploration of the darkest heart of the man who greeted the explorer David Livingstone with the phrase, Dr. Livingstone, I presume? John Bierman, with the help of the newly discovered Stanley letters, leads readers into the interior of both the man and the Africa he tamed. A Cracking Good Tale of History's First Media Superstar. com User, May 15, 2007.

Reviews about Dark Safari (4):

Fenrikasa

I love books about the old safaris ........this one didn't let me down

Quynaus

Good book, well written. Describes the Stanley/Livinstone travels through Africa in a new light.

Hi_Jacker

Just how fleeting fame can be is handily revealed in John Bierman's autobiography of one of history's first media superstars: John Rowlands AKA Henry Morton Stanley. Today, if he's thought of at all, Stanley is chiefly remembered as the author of comically droll inquiry, "Doctor Livingstone, I presume?"

In "Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley," we're introduced to an almost stereotypical celebrity. A man who substitutes the spotlight for the affection and love he never received as a child. In this regard you could replace Stanley's name with that of almost any current pop star.

Stanley rose from grinding poverty, abandoned by his mother and then, literally and serially, by every other member of his family. From these unpromising roots, Stanley became the quintessential "self-made-man" reaching the apex of his fame by being knighted by Queen Victoria.

In between these two extremes we are treated to a well researched and lively narrative that illuminates as much about the Victorian era as it does Stanley's life. The story is told chronologically, naturally following Stanley's personal evolution. Seeking to escape the destitution of his native Wales, Stanley wangles working passage on a ship to America where he finds opportunity to match his ambitions. Though having no strong feelings about slavery one way or the other, he enlisted and fought as a Confederate infantryman during the Civil War. He is injured early on and captured. Taking advantage of a amnesty program for those who would swear allegiance to the Union, he joins the Federal navy, survives the war, and following the popular tide, becomes a reporter during the western expansion.

It's in the wilds of the west that Stanley comes into his own displaying his legendary toughness and freedom of thought to buck authority (while craving its approval.) Despite the prejudices of the day, Stanley sympathizes with the plight of Native Americans, writing:

"We know that if the redman could have been enslaved he would have been before this... [A]ll evidence which can be furnished shows plainly that the Indian has ever been the wronged party..."

Stanley considered his experience during the Indian Wars as "a kind of apprenticeship to the longer and more difficult one I was to continue into Unknown Africa."

For all of Stanley's Victorian ideals, he wrote with a personal angle on the events he covered. As Biernan writes, "[Stanley] had an eye for human interest, then a novel journalistic concept, writing not just about the generals and politicians on both sides of the conflict but about the ordinary soldiers and citizens who were caught up in it."

Stanley lived a rollicking life, which he took pains to document, albeit in an idealistic self-serving way. In reading this fascinating biography you'll learn that the rescue of Livingstone was only a small part of Stanley's life. Biernan's meticulous research separates much fact from Stanley's intentional fiction. The end result is not a diminishment of the legend, but a revelation of a man with whom many of us will identify.

If you have any interest in the Victorian era or the golden age of exploration, this book deserves a place of honor in your collection.

Falya

interesting biography of a fascinating character

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