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Matthew Henson : the quest for the North Pole / Kathleen Olmstead.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olmstead, Kathleen, author.
- Series:
- Sterling biographies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955--Juvenile literature.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander.
- Explorers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Explorers.
- African American explorers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American explorers.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
- North Pole.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.
- Explorers--United States--Biography.
- African American explorers--Biography.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration.
- Explorers--United States--BiographyJuvenile literature.
- African American explorers--BiographyJuvenile literature.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 124 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sterling Pub. Co., 2008.
- Summary:
- He risked the great unknown ... and became the first man to reach the North Pole. But it took decades for the cloud of racism to lift and give African-American explorer Matthew Henson the rightful recognition for his extraordinary achievements. Here is the story of Henson's dramatic, groundbreaking life.
- Contents:
- To reach the North Pole
- Henson's story begins
- New adventure in Nicaragua
- North Greenland expedition
- Trek begins
- Second expedition to Greenland
- Difficult years in the North
- Find at Cape York
- Making a home in the North
- Back in America
- New peary system
- One last chance to reach the pole
- Returning home
- Slow but sure legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy G635.H4 O46 2008 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 9781402744419
- 1402744412
- 9781402760600
- 1402760604
- OCLC:
- 182553023
- Online:
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