A Negro explorer at the North Pole / by Matthew A. Henson ; with a foreword by Robert E. Peary Rear Admiral, U.S.N. retired ; and an introduction by Booker T. Washington ; with illustrations from photographs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955, author.

Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920, author of foreword.

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, author of introduction.

Contributor:

Stam, David H., associated name, former owner.

Stam, Deirdre Corcoran, associated name, former owner.

Frederick A. Stokes Company, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American.

Arctic regions.

Arctic Regions.

North Pole--Discovery and exploration.

North Pole.

Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955--Travel--Arctic regions.

Henson, Matthew Alexander.

Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955--Travel--North Pole.

African American explorers--United States.

African American explorers.

Arctic regions--Description and travel.

North Pole--Description and travel.

Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.

Travel.

Arctic Ocean--North Pole.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- United States -- 20th century.

Bookplates.

Physical Description:

xx, 200 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company, publisher, [1912]

Local Notes:

Rare Book Collection G670 1909 H5: Gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024. Bookseller's description from Between the Covers (Gloucester City, NJ) laid in.

Other Format:

Online version: Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955. Negro explorer at the North Pole.

OCLC:

1999169

Publisher Number:

[KISLAK BK 2011.035.00.0001]