Status Updates From Scouting on Two Continents

Learned about Mary's Tree, the Jameson Raid and rinderpest.

Learned about the Battle of Bembezi.

Learned about Burnham Beeches.

Autobiography of an adventurer and explorer whose life was like a mashup of Richard Francis Burton and Jesse James. He despised mainstream American life and social values and the book describes a series of (successful) attempts to find alternatives. You couldn't make this stuff up, it's remarkable.