@article{324243,
      recid = {324243},
      author = {Jeal, Tim.},
      title = {Stanley : the impossible life of Africa's greatest  explorer /},
      publisher = {Yale University Press ;},
      address = {New Haven [Conn.] :},
      pages = {xiii, 570 p., [23] p. of plates :},
      year = {2007},
      note = {"Published in 2007 in the United Kingdom by Faber and  Faber" -- T.p. verso.},
      abstract = {We think of Stanley as a cruel imperialist who connived  with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against  the people of the Congo--and the journalist who conducted  the most legendary celebrity interview in history, opening  with, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" But these perceptions  are not quite true, as biographer Jeal shows. With access  to previously closed Stanley family archives, Jeal reveals  the extent to which Stanley's career and life have been  misunderstood and undervalued. Few have started life as  disadvantaged as Stanley. 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 description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/324243},
}