How I Found Livingstone (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) Paperback – 5 May 2010

i was excited to take the journey with the bookit was vividly descriptive, but i found it too slow and too much out of sync with recent times

I love the book

Excelente lectura e interesante a los que les gusta la historia y viajes

Not only because it is about Livingstone. But also because the author is a very good writer who knows how to tell a story.

I found this book to be interesting but too verbose. Often too much description without moving the story forward.The ordeals faced by explorers in Africa at this time are well explained and I had to admire their courage and persistence.

I had heard the famous line when Stanley met Livingstone in Africa after a long search: "Doctor Livingstone, I presume?"This is the true story of Stanley's search, as told by him. It was an amazing adventure - though one most of us would prefer to experience vicariously. Stanley was working for a New York newspaper when his boss told him to look for the explorer Dr. Livingstone, who had not been heard from in years and was variously thought to be dead, in danger, or avoiding contact. Stanley simply picked up and went, without hesitation, on the way following instructions to visit and write about the opening of the Suez Canal, the sights of lower and upper Egypt, Warren's excavations in Jerusalem, Persia, and India. His real challenge started when he reached Africa and had to organize an expedition to the interior. Turns out that money was useless in the interior. To pay for food and tribute to local chiefs, he had to purchase and carry large bales of cloth and strings of beads - different types and colors for the various tribes whose territories he expected to pass through. And then he had to hire many native bearers to carry these heavy loads - with extra cloth to pay for their food, too. Of course there were other difficulties - malaria, greedy local chiefs, wars, difficult terrain, floods, ... . Sit in your comfortable chair in your screened home and read all about this most challenging and uncomfortable trip. Happy reading!