David Livingstone had already journeyed across Africa when he set out for another expedition to the continent in 1858. Things quickly went wrong, and when news of the failures got back to England, Livingstone was discredited and largely forgotten. Five years later, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., editor of the New York Herald Tribune, came up with a scoop that would captivate the world ""Find Livingstone, alive or dead."" To accomplish the mission, Bennett hired an English-born reporter who had made his reputation covering the Indian Wars. Henry Stanley proved to be up to the task, persevering despite bouts with disease, hard travel through uncharted Africa and the deaths of several in his party. DR. LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME is a thrilling look at Stanley's journey into Africa and the legacy of both explorers, whose names would be forever linked. From their historic encounter in the village of Ujiji to the clouded legacy of colonialism in Africa and Stanley and Livingstone's role, this is a r