Livingstone: A Beginner's Guide

Author: Peter Turner

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Price : 24.95 NZD
ISBN : 9780340845417
Publisher : Hodder Arnold
Imprint : Hodder Arnold H&S
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Publication date : 29 March 2002
Dimensions : 128mm X 195mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Peter Turner
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Both biography and study of colonial development, this introductory guide to Livingstone is an appraisal of the first man to bring an understanding of central Africa and its problems to the rest of the world, through his life as a missionary, doctor, explorer and opponent of the slave trade.

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Peter Turner initially trained as a journalist. Entered teaching in 1954 after several years in industry. Joined Colonial Education Service in Kenya and taught in Nigeria under the Ministry for Overseas Development.

A remarkable man; the call of Africa, 1840-3; life at Mabotsa, 1843-6; Lake 'Ngami - and beyond, 1846-52; coast to coast, 1852-6; home - and back again, 1856-60; change of fortunes, 1861-3; second home leave, 1864-7; westward from Lake Tanganyika, 1867-71; Stanley in Africa, 1871-2; Livingstone's final days, 1872-4; Livingstone's legacy.

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