d. 1926

We think of Stanley as a cruel imperialist who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of the Congo--and the journalist who conducted the most legendary celebrity interview in history, opening with, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" But these perceptions are not quite true, as biographer Jeal shows. With access to previously closed Stanley family archives, Jeal reveals the extent to which Stanley's career and life have been misunderstood and undervalued. Few have started life as disadvantaged as Stanley. Rejected by both parents and consigned to a Welsh workhouse, he emigrated to America as a penniless eighteen-year-old. Jeal re-creates Stanley's rise to success, his friendships and romantic relationships, and his life-changing decision to assume an American identity. Stanley's epic but unfairly forgotten African journeys are described, establishing the explorer as the greatest to set foot on the continent.--From publisher description.

Recounts the true story of Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight's efforts to hand-raise two baby buffalo in order to save the species from extinction.

Veryl Goodnight's ancestors hand-raised two baby buffalo to bring back the species from the brink of extinction. Veryl and her husband Roger commit themselves to saving just one. When they bring a baby buffalo, separated from his herd, into their Santa Fe home they expect him to stay just a short time and then rejoin his own kind. But Charlie, who is surrounded by people and dogs, has no idea he's a buffalo and his bond with Roger is unbeliveably strong. When they finally re-introduce him to a herd and it results in a terrible accident, Veryl and Roger have to ask themselves how far they are willing to go for a buffalo that grows bigger each day.

After hunters kill off the buffalo around her Texas ranch, a woman begins raising orphan buffalo calves and eventually ships four members of her small herd to Yellowstone National Park, where they form the beginnings of newly thriving buffalo herds. Based on the true story of Mary Ann Goodnight and her husband Charles.