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Matthew Henson, Black explorer / Edward F. Dolan, Jr.
LIBRA - Rare G635.H4 D64
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dolan, Edward F., 1924-2010, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955--Juvenile literature.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander.
- North Pole--Juvenile literature.
- North Pole.
- Explorers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Explorers.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.
- African Americans--Biography.
- Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Literature.
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- x, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979.
- Summary:
- A biography of the black explorer who accompanied Robert E. Peary to the North Pole in 1909.
- Contents:
- Looking for adventure
- Greenland 1891-1892: Plan
- Greenland 1891-1892: Northward bound
- Greenland 1891-1892: Assault on the icecap
- Greenland 1893-1895: Peary in trouble
- Greenland 1893-1895: Hard-luck expedition
- Greenland 1893-1895: Three against death
- North Pole 1898-1900: To the Arctic Ocean
- North Pole 1901-1909: Across the frozen sea
- North Pole 1909: Victory
- Peary-Cook controversy 1909-1910: Last storm
- Closing years
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy G635.H4 D64 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024. Former library copy (New York Public Library). Dust jacket retained in protective wrapper.
- ISBN:
- 0396077285
- 9780396077282
- OCLC:
- 5126043
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