The Resource Stanley : the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer, Tim Jeal
Stanley : the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer, Tim Jeal
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The item Stanley : the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer, Tim Jeal represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Des Plaines Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Stanley : the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer, Tim Jeal represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Des Plaines Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Extent
- xiii, 570 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- First published in the U.K. by Faber and Faber Ltd.--T.p. verso
- Contents
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- Dreams of love and freedom
- In the name of the father
- A terrible freedom
- An accident-prone apprenticeship
- War correspondent
- How are we to be married?
- The long-imagined quest
- 'I cannot die!'
- Canonizing Dr Livingstone
- 'Fame is useless to me'
- A destiny resumed
- Love and the longest journey
- The island of death
- 'The great struggle with this mystery'
- 'I hate evil and love good'
- A colony for a king
- A banquet in Paris
- After the slave raids
- Who stole the Congo?
- A pawn in great power politics
- 'A kind of innocence'
- Why rescue Emin Pasha?
- A fateful decision
- The enigma of Emin Pasha
- 'Evil hangs over this forest...'
- Keeping Emin Pasha's secret
- The shape of things to come...
- Dorothy's other love
- Was the Emin Pasha expedition piratical?
- Africa or a child
- An end to 'noble objects'
- Stanley, Leopold and the atrocities
- 'Before it is too late.'
- Isbn
- 9780300126259
- Label
- Stanley : the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer
- Title
- Stanley
- Title remainder
- the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer
- Statement of responsibility
- Tim Jeal
- Subject
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- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Discovery and exploration
- Biographies
- Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887-1889
- Emin Pasha, 1840-1892
- Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Africa, Central -- History -- 1884-1960
- Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
- Stanley, Dorothy, Lady, 1855-1926
- Stanley, Henry M., (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
- L?opold, II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909
- Language
- eng
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jeal, Tim
- Dewey number
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- 916.704/2/092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DT351.S9
- LC item number
- J43 2007b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Stanley, Henry M.
- Livingstone, David
- L?opold
- Stanley, Dorothy
- Emin Pasha
- Emin Pasha Relief Expedition
- Explorers
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Africa, Central
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Stanley : the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer, Tim Jeal
- Note
- First published in the U.K. by Faber and Faber Ltd.--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dreams of love and freedom -- In the name of the father -- A terrible freedom -- An accident-prone apprenticeship -- War correspondent -- How are we to be married? -- The long-imagined quest -- 'I cannot die!' -- Canonizing Dr Livingstone -- 'Fame is useless to me' -- A destiny resumed -- Love and the longest journey -- The island of death -- 'The great struggle with this mystery' -- 'I hate evil and love good' -- A colony for a king -- A banquet in Paris -- After the slave raids -- Who stole the Congo? -- A pawn in great power politics -- 'A kind of innocence' -- Why rescue Emin Pasha? -- A fateful decision -- The enigma of Emin Pasha -- 'Evil hangs over this forest...' -- Keeping Emin Pasha's secret -- The shape of things to come... -- Dorothy's other love -- Was the Emin Pasha expedition piratical? -- Africa or a child -- An end to 'noble objects' -- Stanley, Leopold and the atrocities -- 'Before it is too late.'
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 570 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780300126259
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2007923548
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn154689070
- (Sirsi) o154689070
- (OCoLC)154689070
- Label
- Stanley : the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer, Tim Jeal
- Note
- First published in the U.K. by Faber and Faber Ltd.--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dreams of love and freedom -- In the name of the father -- A terrible freedom -- An accident-prone apprenticeship -- War correspondent -- How are we to be married? -- The long-imagined quest -- 'I cannot die!' -- Canonizing Dr Livingstone -- 'Fame is useless to me' -- A destiny resumed -- Love and the longest journey -- The island of death -- 'The great struggle with this mystery' -- 'I hate evil and love good' -- A colony for a king -- A banquet in Paris -- After the slave raids -- Who stole the Congo? -- A pawn in great power politics -- 'A kind of innocence' -- Why rescue Emin Pasha? -- A fateful decision -- The enigma of Emin Pasha -- 'Evil hangs over this forest...' -- Keeping Emin Pasha's secret -- The shape of things to come... -- Dorothy's other love -- Was the Emin Pasha expedition piratical? -- Africa or a child -- An end to 'noble objects' -- Stanley, Leopold and the atrocities -- 'Before it is too late.'
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 570 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780300126259
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2007923548
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn154689070
- (Sirsi) o154689070
- (OCoLC)154689070
Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Discovery and exploration
- Biographies
- Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887-1889
- Emin Pasha, 1840-1892
- Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Africa, Central -- History -- 1884-1960
- Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
- Stanley, Dorothy, Lady, 1855-1926
- Stanley, Henry M., (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
- L?opold, II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909
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