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I, Matthew Henson : polar explorer / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez.
LIBRA - Rare G635.H4 W43 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955--Juvenile literature.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander.
- African American explorers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American explorers.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
- North Pole.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.
- African-American explorers--Biography.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
- Genre:
- Picture books for children.
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Picture books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Walker and Company, 2008.
- Summary:
- A look at the life of the African American explorer who, together with Robert E. Peary, discovered the North Pole in 1909.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy G635.H4 W43 2008 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 9780802796882
- 9780802796899
- 0802796893
- 0802796885
- OCLC:
- 128237999
- Online:
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- Publisher description
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