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Matthew Henson & Robert Peary : the race for the North Pole / by Laurie Rozakis ; illustrations by Tom Foty.
LIBRA - Rare G635.P4 R69 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rozakis, Laurie, author.
- Series:
- Partners
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920--Juvenile literature.
- Peary, Robert E.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955--Juvenile literature.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander.
- African American explorers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American explorers.
- Explorers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Explorers.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
- North Pole.
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.
- African Americans--Biography.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
- United States.
- Genre:
- collective biographies.
- Literature.
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 47 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Matthew Henson and Robert Peary
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge, Conn. : Blackbirch Press, 1994.
- Summary:
- A biography of the two explorers--one white, one African American--who discovered the North Pole in 1909.
- Notes:
- Spine title: Henson & Peary.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy G634 .B43 2006 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 1567110665
- 9781567110661
- OCLC:
- 29637722
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