Joseph — D.D. Uller

The year is 1869. His name is Joseph Dular. It does not matter that he really existed. What is important is how he truly lived.

From his home in Slovenia, young Joseph Dular escapes the continuing conflicts within his homeland to seek a new life no matter where his wanderlust may take him. From the port town of Trieste, we follow his journeys over land and sea to Cairo, Mogadishu, and into the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. Because Joseph is a moral man, he is not content to be only an observer of the life around him:

(In Mogadishu) It turns my stomach to think there may be human cargo imprisoned here, left to fend for themselves, left to die, by men who care not for the plight of another; men who see other men, other races, as cattle, or worse. I have no idea what the reaction of these people will be when I release the lock, but that is not my concern just now. To free them is all that matters. I can hope they do not lash out at me in revenge for their imprisonment. That is a chance I am willing to take.

The story of Joseph Dular belongs to any man whose being is filled with a desire to not only explore the world beyond his own but to affect it.