You warriors past and present may appreciate this excerpt. Henry Stanley was an amazing man, his life was filled with astoundingly improbable adventures, including such gems as fighting for both sides sequentially in the American civil war. Here he is with a few dogs, a few hundred natives, and three other white men navigating the Congo river for the first time. Thirty two separate battles. Not bad for a newspaperman...
You warriors past and present may appreciate this excerpt. Henry Stanley was an amazing man, his life was filled with astoundingly improbable adventures, including such gems as fighting for both sides sequentially in the American civil war. Here he is with a few dogs, a few hundred natives, and three other white men navigating the Congo river for the first time. Thirty two separate battles. Not bad for a newspaperman...
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