Download or read book The Farther Frontier written by Lysle E. Meyer and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surprising number of Americans were involved with the so-called Dark Continent during the period when Western penetration led to conquest and colonial rule. The six Americans discussed are: Thomas Jefferson Bowen, who established the first American mission posts in Yorubaland; writer-explorer Paul du Chaillu; soldier-explorer Charles Chaille-Long; diplomat Henry Shelton Sanford; mining engineer John Hays Hammond; and taxidermist Carl Akeley. Illustrated.