Mr. Stanley, I Presume? : The Life and Explorations of Henry Morton Stanley

Famous for having found the great missionary and explorer Dr David Livingstone on the shores of Lake Tanganyika and immortalised as the utterer of perhaps the four most often quoted words of greeting of all time - 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?' - Henry Morton Stanley was himself a man who characterised the great wave of exploring fever that gripped the nineteenth century.;Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. John Rowlands -- Bastard; 2. The Outcast; 3. The Windermere; 4. Meeting Mr Stanley; 5. Life with 'Father'; 6. The Shopkeeper at Cypress Bend; 7. Dixie Greys and Yankee Blues; 8. Shiloh; 9. A Prisoner at Camp Douglas; 10. When Johnny Came Marching Home; 11. Lewis Noe and Trouble in Turkey; 12. Another Homecoming; 13. Hancock, Hickok and the Wronged Children of the Soil; 14. Mr Bennett and the New York Herald; 15. Theodorus and Magdala; 16. Romantic Interlude; 17. The Good Doctor; 18. 'Find Livingstone!'; 19. 'Forward, March!' Cover Title Copyright Contents Preface 1. John Rowlands -- Bastard 2. The Outcast 3. The Windermere 4. Meeting Mr Stanley 5. Life with 'Father' 6. The Shopkeeper at Cypress Bend 7. Dixie Greys and Yankee Blues 8. Shiloh 9. A Prisoner at Camp Douglas 10. When Johnny Came Marching Home 11. Lewis Noe and Trouble in Turkey 12. Another Homecoming 13. Hancock, Hickok and the Wronged Children of the Soil 14. Mr Bennett and the New York Herald 15. Theodorus and Magdala 16. Romantic Interlude 17. The Good Doctor 18. 'Find Livingstone!' 19. 'Forward, March!' 20. 'Mirambo is Coming!'21. Life with Livingstone 22. 'On Stanley, On!' 23. Mission Accomplished 24. 'What Had I to Do with My Birth in Wales?' 25. 'The Most Gigantic Hoax ever Attempted on the Credulity of Mankind' 26. New York Triumph and Disaster 27. Coomassie 28. A Living-stone 29. Lady Alice 30. Mtesa and Mirambo 31. Leopold II 32. Brazza 33. Dolly Tennant 34. Emin Pasha: Man of Mystery 35. The Rear Column 36. The Escape from Equatoria 37. Marriage and Controversy 38. The Member for North Lambeth 39. Furze Hill and Happiness 40. Loose Ends (1904-2002) Acknowledgements. A major new biography of a cult figure in history, covering Stanley's early life in Wales, his adventurous life in America, and his explorations. It is a rag-to-riches story of an orphan who took on the English establishment, only to join its ranks. Famous for having found the great missionary and explorer Dr David Livingstone on the shores of Lake Tanganyika and immortalised as the utterer of perhaps the four most often quoted words of greeting of all time - 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?' - Henry Morton Stanley was himself a man who characterised the great wave of exploring fever that gripped the nineteenth century.