03048cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000500011324500580016325000190022126400510024030000470029133600260033833700260036433800360039050000310042650801720045752017330062953400760236265300480243865300370248665300330252370000390255685600600259585600430265577113UtSlPG20260610134803.0mcr n260607r20251909utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aDT1 aStanley, Henry M.q(Henry Morton),d1841-190414aThe autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B.  aFourth edition 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-10-23  aChuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"The autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B." by Henry M. Stanley is an autobiography written in the early 20th century. It presents Stanley’s own account of his rise from a neglected, workhouse childhood to global renown as an African explorer and public figure, with the narrative completed and arranged from his journals and letters by his wife, Dorothy. Readers should expect a frank portrait of hardship, ambition, faith, and endurance leading into the major expeditions that reshaped European knowledge of Central Africa.  The opening of this autobiography begins with a laudatory foreword and an editor’s preface explaining that Stanley left the work unfinished and that the narrative is supplemented from his diaries, letters, and lectures; it also notes the criticism he faced, his lack of personal enrichment from Africa, and his frustrations with British policy. Stanley’s own introduction declares his resolve to tell the unvarnished truth of his inner life. He then recounts his earliest memories in Denbigh, the death of his grandfather, and his removal to the St. Asaph Union Workhouse, where a brutal schoolmaster imposed constant violence. He describes the terror and discipline of that world, the death of a schoolmate, his intense turn to religion for comfort, passing recognition for drawing and study, and a brief, chilling encounter with his mother. A collective punishment over a damaged table leads him to refuse a flogging, fight back, and flee the institution with a friend. The section closes with the boys’ first days on the run—hiding in a lime-kiln, begging food from a kindly woman, and edging back toward Denbigh in fear and hope. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd., 1909  aStanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904  aExplorers -- Africa -- Biography  aAfrica, Central -- Biography1 aStanley, Dorothy, Lady,d1855-19264 uhttps://archive.org/details/b28987664/page/n11/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77113