Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley

John Bierman

University of Texas Press, 1993 - Biography & Autobiography - 401 pages

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley
• Author: John Bierman
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1993
• ISBN: 0292708025, 9780292708020
• Length: 401 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers; Biography & Autobiography / General; History / Africa / General