As Stanley traveled to rescue Emin Pasha from the remnants of the rebels from the Mahdist Revolt, a support detachment was left to the rear for support and retention of further supplies. Life with this rear column was hard rife with low morale, sickness, local conflict and little information or directives from Stanley who subsequently criticised those in the rear. Ward was an artist and naturalist who had spent a decade in Central Africa, it was as he prepared to return to England that Stanley recruited him to become an officer in the rear guard of his planned expedition. Includes 1*map. 164pp. Blue cloth boards with vignette to upper board. Spine cloth sunned. Shelf-wear to extremities. Small indentations to edges of boards. Offset shadow from the bookplate to free endpaper. Formerly owned by the American anthropologist Frederic Starr who travelled extensively through Africa with his bookplate to the front pastedown.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

My Life With Stanley's Rear Guard

Publisher

Chatto & Windus, London, UK

Publication Date

1891

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Weller, F S

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket

Weight

400 grams

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