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Arctic explorer : the story of Matthew Henson / Jeri Ferris.

LIBRA - Rare G635.H4 F47 1989
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ferris, Jeri, author.
Contributor:
Stam, David H., associated name, former owner.
Stam, Deirdre Corcoran, associated name, former owner.
Carolrhoda Books, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.), publisher.
Queens Borough Public Library. Woodhaven Branch, associated name, former owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955--Juvenile literature.
Henson, Matthew Alexander.
Explorers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Explorers.
North Pole--Juvenile literature.
North Pole.
Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.
African Americans--Biography.
Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
United States.
Genre:
Literature.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:
80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 1989.
Summary:
A biography of the Black explorer who discovered the North Pole.
Contents:
Master of the sea
First North Greenland expedition
Kokoyah: spirit of the ice cap
Tornasuk: spirit of the frozen sea
To the pole!
After the pole.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-77) and index.
Local Notes:
LIBRA Rare copy G635.H4 F47 1989 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024. Former Library copy: Queens Borough Public Library. Woodhaven Branch.
ISBN:
0876143702
9780876143704
0876145071
9780876145074
OCLC:
18982224

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