I read the abridged version. This chronicles the respective journey's of Livingston and Stanley as Stanley gets closer and closer to Livingston. A nice feature is that with every chapter heading it tells you how far Stanley is from Livingston at that particular time.
This is a book about both men, but more about how they both persevered to their historic meeting. There are many lessons here on perseverance. Also fascinating are the looks into pagan africa, and the slave trade (which Livingston detested). The slave trade seems to have been run chiefly by muslims and africans. Why don't people talk more about how the muslims had such a vital role in the slave trade?
A sad note -- though comforting as realism -- is the reference to the moral failures of Livingston. I don't know if they are true, but if they are, he is indeed "like Solomon.."
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