Author: BLAIKIE, W. GARDEN (D. D. , LL. D. ) (WILLIAM GARDEN)
Title: The Personal Life of David Livingstone Chiefly from His Unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the Possession of His Family
Description: New York, NY: Fleming H. Revell Company, N.D.. Trade Edition. Hardcover. Map; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have noticeable rubbing and ground-in dirt along with some light bumping. The front and rear covers have rubbing, spots of dirt and several faded / water spots on the rear cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright. All edges of the text block have spots of ground-in dirt and a few stray spots of ink. "David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa, one of the most popular national heroes of late–19th-century in Victorian Britain. He had a mythical status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of commercial and colonial expansion." (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

Keywords: Biography W. Garden Blaikie William Garden Blaikie David Livingstone Religion Ministers Exploration Misisonaries


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