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A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

Author : Matthew Henson
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1513294199
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book A Negro Explorer at the North Pole written by Matthew Henson and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (1912) is a memoir by Matthew Henson. Published a few years following an expedition to the planet’s northernmost point—which he claims to have reached first—A Negro Explorer at the North Pole reflects on Henson’s outsized role in ensuring the success of their mission. Although he was frequently overshadowed by Commander Robert Peary, Henson continues to be recognized as a pioneering African American who rose from poverty to become a true national hero. Seven times had Robert Peary and Matthew Henson attempted to reach the fabled North Pole. Seven times they failed. In 1908, following years of frustration, they gather a crew of Inuit guides and set sail from Greenland, hopeful that the eighth voyage will end in discovery. Throughout his life, Matthew Henson has grown accustomed to proving himself. Born the son of sharecroppers in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, he has endured racism and economic disparity his entire life. Since 1891, Henson and Peary—who he met while working at a Washington D.C. department store—have been attempting to reach the most remote location on planet earth, an icebound region devoid of sustenance and shelter, accessible only by boat, sled, and foot. As they near the North Pole, Henson prepares to make history. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Matthew Henson’s A Negro Explorer at the North Pole is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

Author : Matthew Henson
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book A Negro Explorer at the North Pole written by Matthew Henson and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-03-22T23:50:42Z with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Robert Peary’s team was the first to reach the North Pole, he was the only white man in the picture. Accompanying him were four Eskimos and Matthew Henson, a black man who had been with Peary on all his expeditions for the previous twenty years. Henson tells the story of that last expedition with candor and warmth, making neither too much nor too little of the conditions the team endured, including travelling on foot and sled in temperatures reaching 50° and more below zero. Henson’s story is a testament to fortitude in the face of debilitating conditions. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

A Journey for the Ages

Author : Matthew A. Henson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510707573
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book A Journey for the Ages written by Matthew A. Henson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era when segregation thrived and Jim Crow reigned supreme, adventurer Matthew A. Henson defied racial stereotypes. During his teenage years, Henson sailed on vessels that journeyed across the globe, and it is those experiences that caught the attention of famed arctic explorer Matthew Peary. Operating as Peary’s “first man” on six expeditions that spanned over a quarter of century, Henson was an essential member of all of Peary’s most famous expeditions. His unparalleled skills as a craftsman and his mastery of the dialects of native Northern peoples, Henson was indispensable to the success of these missions. Of all voyages which Henson and Peary undertook, none is more groundbreaking then their 1909 journey to Greenland, and onto the previously impenetrable North Pole. Together with a small team of four native Intuits, Henson and Peary became the first team to ever reach the geographic North Pole, forever cementing their place as two of the greatest Arctic explorers of all time. In 1937, the Explorer’s Club honored that achievement, inducting Henson as their first ever African-American member. In 1912, Henson chronicled his recollections of this historic journey in a memoir originally entitled A Negro Explorer at the North Pole. Now reissued as First to the North Pole, this edition of Henson’s memoir features a new foreword by Explorer Club president Ted Janulis, emphasizing the importance of Henson’s historic achievements. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

Author : Matthew Henson
Publisher : Mint Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781513291345
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book A Negro Explorer at the North Pole written by Matthew Henson and published by Mint Editions. This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (1912) is a memoir by Matthew Henson. Published a few years following an expedition to the planet's northernmost point--which he claims to have reached first--A Negro Explorer at the North Pole reflects on Henson's outsized role in ensuring the success of their mission. Although he was frequently overshadowed by Commander Robert Peary, Henson continues to be recognized as a pioneering African American who rose from poverty to become a true national hero. Seven times had Robert Peary and Matthew Henson attempted to reach the fabled North Pole. Seven times they failed. In 1908, following years of frustration, they gather a crew of Inuit guides and set sail from Greenland, hopeful that the eighth voyage will end in discovery. Throughout his life, Matthew Henson has grown accustomed to proving himself. Born the son of sharecroppers in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, he has endured racism and economic disparity his entire life. Since 1891, Henson and Peary--who he met while working at a Washington D.C. department store--have been attempting to reach the most remote location on planet earth, an icebound region devoid of sustenance and shelter, accessible only by boat, sled, and foot. As they near the North Pole, Henson prepares to make history. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Matthew Henson's A Negro Explorer at the North Pole is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

Author : Matthew A. Henson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9780557366699
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book A Negro Explorer at the North Pole written by Matthew A. Henson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Negro Explorer At The North Pole. A Negro Explorer At The North Pole [1912]. By Matthew A. Henson.Introduction by Booker T. Washington. Forward presented by Robert E. Peary."In short, Matthew Henson, next to Commander Peary, held and still holds the place of honor in the history of the expedition that finally located the position of the Pole, because he was the best man for the place. During twenty-three years of faithful service, he had made himself indispensable. From the position of a servant, he rose to that of companion and assistant in one of the most dangerous and difficult tasks that was ever undertaken by men. In extremity, when both the danger and the difficulty were greatest, the Commander wanted by his side the man upon whose skill and loyalty he could put the most absolute dependence and when that man turned out to be black instead of white. The Commander was not only willing to accept the service, but was at the same time generous enough to acknowledge it.

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

Author : Matthew Alexander Henson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966576214
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (762 download)

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Download or read book A Negro Explorer at the North Pole written by Matthew Alexander Henson and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole - French

Author : Matthew Henson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781456438746
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book A Negro Explorer at the North Pole - French written by Matthew Henson and published by . This book was released on 2010-12-12 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Henson

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

Author : Matthew Alexander Matthew Alexander Henson
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781491095898
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book A Negro Explorer at the North Pole written by Matthew Alexander Matthew Alexander Henson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first questions which Commander Peary was asked when he returned home from his long, patient, and finally successful struggle to reach the Pole was how it came about that, beside the four Esquimos, Matt Henson, a Negro, was the only man to whom was accorded the honor of accompanying him on the final dash to the goal. The question was suggested no doubt by the thought that it was but natural that the positions of greatest responsibility and honor on such an expedition would as a matter of course fall to the white men of the party rather than to a Negro. To this question, however, Commander Peary replied, in substance: "Matthew A. Henson, my Negro assistant, has been with me in one capacity or another since my second trip to Nicaragua in 1887. I have taken him on each and all of my expeditions, except the first, and also without exception on each of my farthest sledge trips. This position I have given him primarily because of his adaptability and fitness for the work and secondly on account of his loyalty. He is a better dog driver and can handle a sledge better than any man living, except some of the best Esquimo hunters themselves."

Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem

Author : Gary Phillips
Publisher : Polis Books
ISBN 13 : 1951709241
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem written by Gary Phillips and published by Polis Books. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MATTHEW HENSON AND THE ICE TEMPLE OF HARLEM is the first in a new exciting retro rollicking adventure series from 2021 Munsey Award-nominee Gary Phillips. This re-imagined pulp novel follows the Doc Savage-style adventures of the first black man to reach the North Pole —Matthew Henson. The tail end of the Roaring 20s. Harlem. Hired by controversial spiritual leader Daddy Paradise to retrieve his adult daughter who has been kidnapped, adventurer Matthew Henson does just that. Then he must safeguard the two until the firebrand can deliver a momentous speech at a mass rally. Henson must employ all his survival skills to fulfill his task—skills that kept him whole in forbidden jungles, across Asia, and in sub-zero ice storms when he first reached the North Pole. Henson’s charge brings him face-to-face with such illustrious characters as gangster Dutch Schultz, who's looking to muscle out numbers racket boss Queenie St. Clair, and famed inventor Nikola Tesla who is using his electrical acumen to surveil plutocrats. Henson’s pal Bessie Coleman, America’s first black aviatrix lends a hand as well. With a death ray zeroing in on him, he races against the clock to save lives, and keep a mysterious and powerful meteor fragment he brought back from the Arctic years ago out of the hands of monied evil-doers. Set against the intellectual, artistic and political firmament that was the Harlem Renaissance, THE ICE TEMPLE OF HARLEM re-imagines explorer Matthew Henson in the style of Doc Savage and Indiana Jones. The one the Inuit adopted as their own and considered the best example of those from the distant South.

In the Heart of the Arctics

Author : Nicholas Senn
Publisher : Chicago : W. B. Conkey Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book In the Heart of the Arctics written by Nicholas Senn and published by Chicago : W. B. Conkey Company. This book was released on 1907 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (Classic Reprint)

Author : Matthew A. Henson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484071796
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (Classic Reprint) written by Matthew A. Henson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Yet two of the interesting points which present themselves in connection with his work may be noted. Henson, son of the tropics, has proven through years, his ability to stand tropical, temperate, and the fiercest stress of frigid, climate and exposure, while on the other hand, it is well known that the inhabitants of the highest north, tough and hardy as they are to the rigors of their own climate, succumb very quickly to the vagaries of even a temperate climate. The question presents itself at once Is it a difference in physical fiber, or in brain and will power, or is the difference in the climatic conditions themselves? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Matthew Henson

Author : Kathleen Olmstead
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402760600
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Matthew Henson written by Kathleen Olmstead and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American explorer Matthew Henson had been traveling with Robert E. Peary and his team in the arctic by dog sled for weeks. The temperature was almost sixty degrees below zero. After years of trying to reach the North Pole, would their quest end because of frigid conditions? And who would receive acclaim for being the first person to accomplish such a difficult goal? Henson was born not long after the Civil War, when life in the United States, especially for African Americans, was changing quickly. As a young man, he toured the world while working on a boat, where he experienced freedom and kindness from the captain, but faced racism from crew members as well as other people on shore. After leaving seafaring behind, Henson was to meet Lieutenant Robert E. Peary, a man who would alter the course of his life forever. He would accompany Peary on dangerous, exciting expeditions to Nicaragua, Northern Greenland, and finally the perilous North Pole. Book jacket.

Onward

Author : Dolores Johnson
Publisher : National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426302688
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Onward written by Dolores Johnson and published by National Geographic Children's Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of the expedition to the North Pole by explorers Robert Peary and African-American Matthew Henson, focusing on the contributions made by Henson.

A Black Explorer at the North Pole

Author : Matthew Alexander Henson
Publisher : Bison Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book A Black Explorer at the North Pole written by Matthew Alexander Henson and published by Bison Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 between 1891 and 1909. His skill in interpreting the language of the North Greenland Eskimos, in building boats and repairing sledges, and in driving dog teams was essential to the ultimate success of the admiral, who wrote, "I can't get along without him." Yet Henson was for the most part ignored, even by Peary, after that historic expedition. A Black Explorer at the North Pole reminds the reader that where Peary went so did Henson—often one step ahead as a troubleshooter. Drawing largely on his diaries, Henson describes the voyage of the steamer Roosevelt to Cape Sheridan on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic and the four-hundred-mile trek by dogsled over treacherous ice to the top of the world. Susan A. Kaplan, in her introduction to the Bison Book edition, discusses Henson’s accomplishments and the current controversy surrounding Peary's claim to discovery of the North Pole.

I, Matthew Henson

Author : Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 154760896X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book I, Matthew Henson written by Carole Boston Weatherford and published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the life of Matthew Henson, one of the first people to reach the North Pole.

The North Pole

Author : Robert E. Peary
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The North Pole written by Robert E. Peary and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North Pole is a book by Robert E. Peary. It presents the discovery of The North Pole in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club in colorful fashion.

North Pole Legacy

Author : S. Allen Counter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510726381
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book North Pole Legacy written by S. Allen Counter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Pole Legacy tells the story of two men whose existence was for decades nothing more than a popular legend. But that rumor was finally verified in 1986 when author S. Allen Counter journeyed to northern Greenland, and met this pair of remarkable men. Counter had long been an admirer of Matthew A. Henson, the African-American explorer who accompanied Admiral Robert E. Peary to the North Pole twice in early twentieth century. While conducting professional research in Sweden, Counter became intrigued by talk of mixed-race Inuit living in an isolated region of Greenland. Unable to forget this rumor, Counter traveled to investigate several years later, venturing more than a thousand miles north of the Arctic Circle. There, in two tiny villages, Counter met Anaukaq Henson and Kali Peary, Amer-Inuit sons of the two explorers. Born only days apart in 1906, they had long been acknowledged by their communities as the sons of Matthew Henson and Robert Peary, but had never been in contact with any of their American relatives. As it was obvious that these two men longed to see the country of their fathers, Counter arranged for Anakukaq, Kali, and their families to travel to America to meet their families. North Pole Legacy describes the obstacles that Counter overcame to bring news of Anaukaq Henson and Kali Peary to the world, to bring them to the United States, and to facilitate a reunion with relatives that they had never known. At the same time, the narrative flashes back to the unique history of Matthew Henson and Robert Peary in their collaboration as explorers and addresses their somewhat controversial claim to have been the first people to reach the North Pole. Compelling, insightful, and impossible to forget, North Pole Legacy is a must read for every history buff and armchair explorer.