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African exploits : the diaries of William Stairs, 1887-1892 /
Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Stairs (1863-1892) attended the Royal Military College in Kingston before being commissioned in the British army. Wearied of peacetime soldiering, he volunteered in 1887 to participate in Sir Henry M. Stanley's final trans-African expedition to rescue Em...
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1998.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 20 January � 18 March 1887
- 2 19 March � 30 April 1887
- 3 1 May � 7 June 1887
- 4 12 June � 5 September 1887
- 5 7 September � 17 October 1887
- 6 18 October � 13 December 1887
- 7 14 December 1887 � 4 January 1888
- 8 8 January � 25 April 1888
- 9 26 April � 6 June 1888
- 10 8 June � 15 December 1888
- 11 21 December 1888 � 8 January 1889
- 12 9 January � 28 February 1889
- 13 1 March � 4 May 1889
- 14 7 May � 18 August 1889
- 15 19 August 1889 � July 189116 Introduction to the Katanga Diaries
- 17 18 May � 3 July 1891
- 18 4 July � 31 August 1891
- 19 1 September � 15 October 1891
- 20 17 October � 13 November 1891
- 21 14 November � 1 December 1891
- 22 8 December 1891 � 2 January 1892
- 23 1 April � 3 June 1892
- 24 Epilogue
- Appendix 1 Stairs's Report on His Command at Fort Bodo
- Appendix 2 Stairs's Report on His Attempted Ascent of the Ruwenzori Mountains
- Bibliography
- Index
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