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life of david livingstone: The Life and African Explorations of Dr. David Livingstone David Livingstone, 2002 This book is the author's account of his lifelong African journeys and adventures, exciting exploits that tell a story of unsurpassed courage and determination. |
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life of david livingstone: David Livingstone C. Silvester Horne, 2022-05-29 In 'David Livingstone,' C. Silvester Horne crafts a meticulously detailed portrait of the renowned Scottish physician, missionary, and explorer—a man whose endeavors left indelible marks on the African continent and on Victorian Britain's imagination. The narrative extends beyond the conventional hagiography, revealing Livingstone's multifaceted roles as an ardent abolitionist, an innovative researcher, and a tireless scientist. Horne's literary style is both analytical and engaging, placing the biography in the broader context of 19th-century exploration literature while providing insightful perspectives on Livingstone through a blend of primary sources and personal reflections. The biography thus serves as a lens not only into Livingstone's life but also the era's societal undercurrents, embodied in the complex interplay between colonialism, science, and evangelical Christianity. C. Silvester Horne's dedication to presenting an unconventional account of David Livingstone stems from his own multifaceted career as a British historian and parliamentarian. Horne's intimate knowledge of both historical milieu and the political landscape of his time lends authenticity to his exploration of Livingstone's lasting impact on British imperial policy and his fervent opposition to the slave trade. This biographical endeavor is informed by Horne's understanding of the importance of complex historical figures and their ability to influence public policy and perception, long after their passing. 'David Livingstone' comes highly recommended for readers interested in expanding their knowledge of one of the 19th century's most compelling figures. This biography will particularly resonate with those who appreciate a deep dive into the lesser-known aspects of historical personalities, offering a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of their lives. Scholars and lay readers alike will find in Horne's biography a work that is as educational as it is inspiring, challenging the conventional narrative with rigorous scholarship and a passionate recounting of a truly extraordinary life. |
life of david livingstone: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa David Livingstone, 1858 |
life of david livingstone: David Livingstone Janet Benge, Geoff Benge, 1999 Each true story in this series by outstanding authors Janet and Geoff Benge is loved by adults and children alike. More Christian Heroes: Then & Now biographies and unit study curriculum guides are coming soon. Fifty-five books are planned, and thousands of families have started their collections! Braving danger and hardship, David Livingstone crisscrossed vast uncharted regions of Africa to open new frontiers and spread the message of the gospel to all who would listen (1813-1873). |
life of david livingstone: David Livingstone Rob Mackenzie, 2000 Livingstone is perhaps the best-known missionary of them all. His attempts to find the source of the Nile and his famous meeting with Henry Morton Stanley have become the stuff of legend. The truth behind the legend, however, is even more compelling. Drawing extensively from Livingstone's personal notes and letters, Rob Mackenzie unfolds the intensely human story of a man with a vision - to set souls free from slavery, both physically and spiritually, and to open up Africa to Christianity and lawful commerce Livingstone has come to be regarded as a figure purely based on a few events, lost in legend, yet his tomb inscription reads 'Brought by faithful hands over land and sea here rests David Livingstone - missionary, traveller, philanthropist... for 30 years his life was spent in an unwearied effort to evangelise the native races, to explore the undiscovered secrets, to abolish the desolating slave trade of Central Africa where with his last words he wrote all I can add in my solitude, is, may heaven's rich blessing come down on every one, American, English, or Turk, who will help to heal this open sore of the world. An amazing story awaits you on the first page. |
life of david livingstone: David Livingstone: The Wayward Vagabond in Africa N. Kahende, 2019-06-25 David Livingstone: The Wayward Vagabond in Africa is an expression of doubt about the rason detre concerning the 19th Century explorers and missionaries in Africa. Led by David Livingstone, the Scottish explorer and missionary, they are said to have come to civilise backward Africans, which the author creatively re-imagines, arguing that it is far from the truth. Instead, their actions gave impetus to colonialism proper. In this book the omniscient narrator, Everywhere, is Gods special envoy mandated to witness history with far-reaching consequences for humanity. His investigation is to help nail David Livingstone on Judgment Day, much the same way St Peter chronicles events in the Book of Life. Read about how, Everywhere, the spirit rides on wind, walks on water, enters into his characters stream of consciousness and even discerns how they interpret the world around them. The novel retraces Livingstones early life, from his deprived childhood in Blantyre, Scotland; his ideological evolution and training in London and his dramatic sojourn in Monomotapa kingdom, which he half-believes is his destiny. The satirical tone in the novel aptly captures that delusional aspect of Livingstones God-ordained mission to the world. |
life of david livingstone: Missionary Travels David Livingstone, 1910 |
life of david livingstone: The Personal Life of David Livingstone William Garden Blaikie, 2022-09-16 DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of The Personal Life of David Livingstone (Chiefly from his Unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the Possession of His Family) by William Garden Blaikie. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature. |
life of david livingstone: David Livingstone Andrew C. Ross, 2006-09-15 Now in paperback, Ross's biography is already established as the leading authority on its subject. > |
life of david livingstone: Into Africa Martin Dugard, 2003-05-06 What really happened to Dr. David Livingstone? The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Survivor: The Ultimate Game investigates in this thrilling account. With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. Into Africa is an extraordinarily researched account of a thrilling adventure—defined by alarming foolishness, intense courage, and raw human achievement. In the mid-1860s, exploration had reached a plateau. The seas and continents had been mapped, the globe circumnavigated. Yet one vexing puzzle remained unsolved: what was the source of the mighty Nile river? Aiming to settle the mystery once and for all, Great Britain called upon its legendary explorer, Dr. David Livingstone, who had spent years in Africa as a missionary. In March 1866, Livingstone steered a massive expedition into the heart of Africa. In his path lay nearly impenetrable, uncharted terrain, hostile cannibals, and deadly predators. Within weeks, the explorer had vanished without a trace. Years passed with no word. While debate raged in England over whether Livingstone could be found—or rescued—from a place as daunting as Africa, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the brash American newspaper tycoon, hatched a plan to capitalize on the world’s fascination with the missing legend. He would send a young journalist, Henry Morton Stanley, into Africa to search for Livingstone. A drifter with great ambition, but little success to show for it, Stanley undertook his assignment with gusto, filing reports that would one day captivate readers and dominate the front page of the New York Herald. Tracing the amazing journeys of Livingstone and Stanley in alternating chapters, author Martin Dugard captures with breathtaking immediacy the perils and challenges these men faced. Woven into the narrative, Dugard tells an equally compelling story of the remarkable transformation that occurred over the course of nine years, as Stanley rose in power and prominence and Livingstone found himself alone and in mortal danger. The first book to draw on modern research and to explore the combination of adventure, politics, and larger-than-life personalities involved, Into Africa is a riveting read. |
life of david livingstone: The Story of David Livingstone Vautier Golding, 2020-03-10 David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist and pioneer of Christian medical missionary work in Africa. Mr. Livingstone also explored Africa intending to locate the origins of the Nile river. His explorations and missionary work made him a household name in Britain during the late Victorian era.First published in 1906, this edition is derived from the original book with 9 color illustrations. As always, this edition is complete and unabridged.Presented in 7.44 x 9.68 large format. |
life of david livingstone: The Daring Heart of David Livingstone Jay Milbrandt, 2014-09-30 The captivating, untold story of the great explorer, David Livingstone: his abiding faith and his heroic efforts to end the African slave trade Saint? Missionary? Scientist? Explorer? The titles given to David Livingstone since his death are varied enough to seem dubious—and with good reason. In view of the confessions in his own journals, saint is out of the question. Even missionary is tenuous, considering he made only one convert. And despite his fame as a scientist and explorer, Livingstone left his most indelible mark on Africa in an arena few have previously examined: slavery. His impact on abolishing what he called “this awful slave-trade” has been shockingly overlooked as the centerpiece of his African mission. Until now. The Daring Heart of David Livingstone tells his story from the beginning of his time in Africa to the publicity stunt that saved millions after his death. |
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life of david livingstone: David Livingstone Stephen Tomkins, 2013-02-26 David Livingstone has gone down in history as a fearless explorer and missionary, hacking his way through the forests of Africa to bring light to the people - and also to free them from slavery. But who was he, and what was he actually like? He was an extraordinary character, according to biographer Stephen Tomkins, spectacularly bad at personal relationships, at least with white people, possessed of infinite self-belief, courage, and restlessness. He was an almost total failure as a missionary, and so became an explorer and campaigner against the slave trade, hoping to save African lives and souls that way instead. He helped, however unwittingly, to set the tone and the extent of British involvement in Africa. He was a flawed but indomitable idealist. Fascinating new evidence about Livingstone's life and his struggles have come to light in the letters and journals he left behind, now accessible to us for the first time through spectral imaging. These form a significant addition to the source material for this excellent biography, which provides an honest and balanced account of the real man behind the Victorian icon. |
life of david livingstone: Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? Clare Pettitt, 2007 Drawing on films, children's books, games, songs, cartoons, and TV shows, this book reveals the many ways our culture has remembered Henry Morton Stanley's iconic phrase, while tracking the birth of an Anglo-American Christian imperialism that still sets the world agenda today. |
life of david livingstone: Out of Darkness, Shining Light Petina Gappah, 2019-09-10 “Engrossing, beautiful, and deeply imaginative” (Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing), this epic novel about the explorer David Livingstone and the extraordinary group of Africans who carry his body across impossible terrain “illuminates the agonies of colonialism and blind loyalty” (O, The Oprah Magazine). “This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of...David Livingstone, so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own land.” So begins Petina Gappah’s “searing…poignant” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis) novel of exploration and adventure in 19th-century Africa—the captivating story of the African men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone’s body, papers, and maps, fifteen hundred miles across the continent of Africa, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there. Narrated by Halima, the doctor’s sharp-tongued cook, and Jacob Wainwright, his rigidly pious secretary, this is a “powerful novel, beautifully told” (Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing) that encompasses all of the hypocrisy of slavery and colonization—the hypocrisy of humanity—while celebrating resilience, loyalty, and love. |
life of david livingstone: Livingstone Tim Jeal, 2013-02-19 “A superb biography, not to be missed either by armchair explorers or students of human nature…reveals the famed missionary and explorer as he really was.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer David Livingstone is revered as one of history’s greatest explorers and missionaries, the first European to cross Africa, and the first to find Victoria Falls and the source of the Congo River. In this exciting new edition of his biography, Tim Jeal, author of the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Stanley, draws on fresh sources and archival discoveries to provide the most fully rounded portrait of this complicated man—dogged by failure throughout his life despite his full share of success. Using Livingstone’s original field notebooks, Jeal finds that the explorer’s problems with his African followers were far graver than previously understood. From recently discovered letters he elaborates on the explorer’s decision to send his wife, Mary, back home to England. He also uncovers fascinating information about Livingstone’s importance to the British Empire and about his relationship with the journalist-adventurer Henry Morton Stanley. In addition, Jeal here evokes the full pathos of the explorer’s final journey. This masterful, updated biography also features an excellent selection of new maps and illustrations. “Fascinating.”—Los Angeles Times “A thrilling and in the end moving work…The Livingstone who emerges is a man of terrifying dimensions.”—Irish Press |
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life of david livingstone: David Livingstone Sam Wellman, 2012-12-01 For challenge and encouragement in your Christian life, read the life stories of the Heroes of the Faith. The novelized biographies of this series are inspiring and easy-to-read, ideal for Christians of any age or background. In David Livingstone, you’ll get to know the Scottish explorer who carried the gospel to the heart of nineteenth-century Africa—and gained worldwide fame as the man who introduced Victoria Falls to the outside world. Appropriate for readers from junior high through adult, helpful for believers of any background, these biographies encourage greater Christian commitment through the example of heroes like David Livingstone. |
life of david livingstone: Stanley Tim Jeal, 2007-01-01 With access to previously closed Stanley family archives, Jeal reveals the extent to which Stanley's career and life have been misunderstood and undervalued. Rejected by both parents and consigned to a Welsh workhouse, he emigrated to America as a penniless eighteen-year-old. Jeal re-creates Stanley's rise to success, his friendships and romantic relationships, and his life-changing decision to assume an American identity. Stanley's epic but unfairly forgotten African journeys are described, establishing the explorer as the greatest to set foot on the continent.--From publisher. |
life of david livingstone: Who Were Stanley and Livingstone? Jim Gigliotti, Who HQ, 2021-12-07 Join the American journalist Henry Morton Stanley on his amazing quest to find David Livingstone, England's most celebrated explorer, in this new addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series! The world was fascinated and concerned. Dr. David Livingstone's 1866 expedition to find the source of the Nile River in Africa was only supposed to last two years. But it had been almost six years since anyone had heard from the famous British explorer. That's when a young American newspaper reporter named Henry Morton Stanley decided to go on his own expedition to find Dr. Livingstone. Author Jim Gigliotti chronicles the lives of both of these men and details the dangerous two-year journey that would eventually bring them face-to-face. |
life of david livingstone: Making Monsters David Livingstone Smith, 2021-10-12 A leading scholar explores what it means to dehumanize othersÑand how and why we do it. ÒI wouldnÕt have accepted that they were human beings. You would see an infant whoÕs just learning to smile, and it smiles at you, but you still kill it.Ó So a Hutu man explained to an incredulous researcher, when asked to recall how he felt slaughtering Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. Such statements are shocking, yet we recognize them; we hear their echoes in accounts of genocides, massacres, and pogroms throughout history. How do some people come to believe that their enemies are monsters, and therefore easy to kill? In Making Monsters David Livingstone Smith offers a poignant meditation on the philosophical and psychological roots of dehumanization. Drawing on harrowing accounts of lynchings, Smith establishes what dehumanization is and what it isnÕt. When we dehumanize our enemy, we hold two incongruous beliefs at the same time: we believe our enemy is at once subhuman and fully human. To call someone a monster, then, is not merely a resort to metaphorÑdehumanization really does happen in our minds. Turning to an abundance of historical examples, Smith explores the relationship between dehumanization and racism, the psychology of hierarchy, what it means to regard others as human beings, and why dehumanizing others transforms them into something so terrifying that they must be destroyed. Meticulous but highly readable, Making Monsters suggests that the process of dehumanization is deeply seated in our psychology. It is precisely because we are all human that we are vulnerable to the manipulations of those trading in the politics of demonization and violence. |
life of david livingstone: How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton Stanley, 1895 Portrait of James Gorodn Bennett; A view of Zanzibar; A view of Bagamoyo; Simbamwenni, the lost city; Discomforts of African travel, the Makata swamp; Shaws' mode of marching; the lake and peak of Ugumbo; Mount Kibwe, and the valley of the Mukondokwa River ... |
life of david livingstone: David Livingstone John Tiner, 1997-11-01 One of the greatest explorers who ever lived, Livingstone's exciting exploits in Africa tell a story of unsurpassed courage and determination. |
life of david livingstone: Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries David Livingstone, Charles Livingstone, 1866 |
life of david livingstone: David Livingstone Renee Meloche, 2004 As a young boy David Livingstone (1813-1873) read every science book he could find and dreamed of exploring unknown lands. Later he followed his dreams, becoming a missionary doctor in Africa. There he ventured bravely into places no other white man had been, healing people's bodies with his medical skills and reaching their hearts with the gospel. |
life of david livingstone: Empire of Sentiment Joanna Lewis, 2018-01-18 An innovative study proposing a new history of the British Empire in Africa by exploring the emotion culture of imperialism. |
life of david livingstone: Dr. Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures David Livingstone, 1860 |
life of david livingstone: Henry Stanley and David Livingstone Susan Clinton, 1990 Describes the travels of Stanley and Livingstone as they unlocked many geographic secrets of Africa. |
life of david livingstone: David Livingstone and the Victorian Encounter with Africa National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain), 1996 The six essays in this book discuss not only the extraordinary life of David Livingstone, but also the historical and social circumstances that defined the nature of the European/African relationship. |
life of david livingstone: David Livingstone Ben Alex, 1995-03 A biography of the Scottish doctor and missionary who is also known for his explorations in Africa in the nineteenth century. |
life of david livingstone: A Popular Account of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa David Livingstone, 1875 |
life of david livingstone: Mr Stanley, I Presume? Alan Gallop, 2004 Illuminating the extraordinary life of the American explorer who found Dr. David Livingstone, the author highlights Stanley's adventures as a soldier fighting for both Union and Confederate armies, a seaman, and a journalist during and after the American Civil War. |
life of david livingstone: David Livingstone Thomas Hughes, 1889 |
life of david livingstone: The Life of David Livingstone Blaikie, W. Garden, 2015-02-05 The life of David Livingstone by W. Garden Blaikie is mostly from his unpublished journals and correspondence in the possession of his family and contains over 40 illustrations. The purpose of this work was to make the world better acquainted with the character of Livingstone. His discoveries and researches have been given to the public in his own books, but his modesty led him to say little in these of himself, and those who knew him best feel that little is known of the strength of his affections, the depth and purity of his devotion, or the intensity of his aspirations as a Christian missionary. The growth of his character and the providential shaping of his career are also matters of remarkable interest, of which not much has yet been made known. An attempt has been made in this volume, likewise, to present a more complete history of his life than has yet appeared. Many chapters of it are opened up of which the public have hitherto known little or nothing. It has not been deemed necessary to dwell on events recorded in his published Travels, except for the purpose of connecting the narrative and making it complete. Even on these, however, it has been found that not a little new light and color may be thrown from his correspondence with his friends and his unpublished Journals. Much pains was taken to show the unity and symmetry of his character. As a man, a Christian, a missionary, a philanthropist, and a scientist, Livingstone ranks with the greatest of of men, and shows the minimum of infirmity in connection with the maximum of goodness. Nothing can be more telling than his life as an evidence of the truth and power of Christianity, as a plea for Christian Missions and civilization, or as a demonstration of the true connection between religion and science. The recovery of an important private journal of Dr. Livingstone, which had been lost at the time when the Missionary Travels was published, has thrown much new light on the part of his life immediately preceding his first great journey. A Map has been specially prepared, in which the geographical references in the volume are shown, which will enable the reader to follow Livingstone's movements from place to place. With so much material, it would have been easier to write a life in two volumes than in one; but for obvious reasons it has been deemed desirable to restrict it to the present limits. W. Garden Blaikie wrote one if not the fullest and most lively account of the personal life and ministry of Dr. Livingstone that has ever been put out. He gives the reader a real feel for the struggles and the joy that Dr. Livingston experienced, as well as a true atmosphere of the ages in which he lived. By the end of the book not only is the reader fully acquainted with Dr. Livingston, but one feels as though you know him. |
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life of david livingstone: The Life and African Exploration of David Livingstone David Livingstone, 2002-05-28 During his travels as a missionary, David Livingstone beheld many previously unknown wonders of the African interior. He put Victoria Falls and Lake Ngami on the map, and was the first white man to cross the African continent. Diaries, reports and letters are combined to create a wonderful narration of Livingstone's travels in a widely unknown continent. Included in this harrowing tale is Livingstone's narrow escape from a lion's wrath, his negotiations with an African chief, and his account of the Portuguese slave traders brutally punishing slaves after their attempt to escape. The Life and African Explorations of Livingstone also reveals Livingstone's deeply-rooted Christian beliefs and the strength he took from them, strength that allowed him to live and thrive amid the hardships of equatorial Africa. |
life of david livingstone: The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL. D. John S. Roberts, 1881 |
life of david livingstone: The Life of David Livingstone Mrs. John H. Worcester (Jr.), 1888 |
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