How I Found Livingstone

Doctor Livingston, I presume? The account of Stanleys journey into Central Africa is a good read - and you get insights into the journey and in part the role that Arabs played in the economy and social fabric of Eastern Africa, in particular Zanzibar. A good read.

Though no longer the sensational best-seller it was at the time it was published, the book remains well-worth reading. I was particularly impressed by the authors determination and ability to overcome the most formidable obstacles. As Stanley himself put it, “where the civilized white is found, a difficulty must vanish. What a contrast with the present, when almost every time the armed forces of Western nations try to do something in the so-called Third World they are defeated and expelled

This is Mr Stanleys accurate account of his travails in Africa, and it is never what you think. The bugs, the people, the muck, not the animals. Also an insight into the medical ignorance of the day. Learn the real value of cloth in Dotis. Yes folks, money in Africa was carried in bales....cloth. Dr Livingston really really could have used google earth and penicillin, but alas....

I have found this book extremely interesting from the point of view of total lack of knowledge of what actually went on in Africa at that time and the very difficult conditions encountered by those who chose to venture into such an inhospitable continent. As if the conditions were not enough to contend with there were also the natives with their requirements in order to pass through their land. Sounds a bit like how things are today!!! Having said that I found it written in the very much journalistic form rather than as a novel. I now note this was the purpose of the writing in general. All in all a very good and enlightening read.

Living history well written by Stanley whose vocabulary will have you constantly referring to the dictionary and leave you in awe of his talents!

Not as good as I expected but still an interesting.

Dr. Stanley went through a thousand villages to get to Livingstone and wrote a chapter on each one. At the time the book was written cruelty was the norm and it hurt to read it. It was interesting to read the thoughts of that day however.

For someone who has an Africa upbringing, a map of his travels would have been helpful , very few of the tribes or chiefs were necessary to the story. It is interesting that the Arabs dominated so many of the tribes near the east coast of Africa. Yet the British and Americans have all taken the blame.

Even though Stanley was a journalist, his writing style left much to be desired. Still, its good to get the words from the horses mouth. And it was an epic journey for the time and place.

If you ever wondered what it was like to go on safari in Africa in the 1870s this is the book. The book is written in the elegant language that has been lost through the ages. Stanley describes his story of finding Dr. Livingston and all of the hardships that exploring darkest Africa which at the time was still like it was at the beginning of man. If you like adventure stories you will love this book.