A Black Explorer at the North Pole by Matthew A. Henson, Robert Edwin Peary

A Black Explorer at the North Pole

Matthew A. Henson, Robert Edwin Peary

199 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir adventurous informative slow-paced
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When Robert F. Peary claimed discovery of the North Pole on April 6, 1909, the only other American to stand beside him was a black man, Matthew A. Henson. A native of Charles County, Maryland, Henson accompanied Peary on eight Arctic journeys betw...

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