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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.
- 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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