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Peter Alegi, I have read the review, but not the book. I found the review surprising in that Tim Jeal's earlier work on Livingston was such a thorough-going debunking of the Livingston(e) legend and as I recall so sympathetic to African perspectives on Livingston(e) and his role in exploration, etc. that I found this revisionist biography of the charlatan Stanley to be at odds with my preconceptions of Jeal and his point of view as well as the Stanley I have read and come to despise. So I must await reading the biogrpahy rather than the review before commenting further. Ed Steinhart History Texas Tech University
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