The Story of David Livingstone (Yesterday's Classics) (The Children's Heroes)

A clear simple account of Livingstones pioneer work in Africa as explorer medical missionary and suppressor of the slave trade. Describes the horrors of the slave trade and Livingstones efforts to thwart the slave traders in Africa and to bring awareness of the dire situation to the people in England and around the world. Emphasizes his indomitable courage and persistence in the face of countless difficulties to achieve his lifelong goal of doing as much good as he could for those most in need of it. A volume in the highly-acclaimed Childrens Heroes series edited by John Lang.