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Arctic hero / by Catherine Johnson ; illustrated by Seb Camagajevac.
LIBRA - Rare G635.H4 J62 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Catherine, 1962- author.
- Series:
- Reality check (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Reality check
- 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.
- Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
- Arctic regions.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.
- Explorers.
- African Americans--Biography.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
- Arctic Regions.
- Genre:
- Children's nonfiction.
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Physical Description:
- 55 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Barrington Stoke, 2008.
- Summary:
- Presents the life of Matthew Henson, focusing primarily on his attempts to reach the North Pole with Robert Peary, which they finally achieved in 1909. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy G635.H4 J62 2008 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 9781842994931
- 184299493X
- 9781842996522
- 1842996525
- OCLC:
- 181069371
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