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A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
Contributor(s): Henson, Matthew Alexander (Author)

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 ISBN:     ISBN-13: 9798633556544
Publisher: Independently Published
OUR PRICE: $8.50  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Polar Regions
- History | Expeditions & Discoveries
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.22" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" L (0.34 lbs) 106 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Friends of Arctic exploration and discovery, with whom I have come in contact, and many whom I know only by letter, have been greatly interested in the fact of a colored man being an effective member of a serious Arctic expedition, and going north, not once, but numerous times during a period of over twenty years, in a way that showed that he not only could and did endure all the stress of Arctic conditions and work, but that he evidently found pleasure in the work.

The example and experience of Matthew Henson, who has been a member of each and of all my Arctic expeditions, since '91 (my trip in 1886 was taken before I knew Henson) is only another one of the multiplying illustrations of the fact that race, or color, or bringing-up, or environment, count nothing against a determined heart, if it is backed and aided by intelligence.

Henson proved his fitness by long and thorough apprenticeship, and his participation in the final victory which planted the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole, and won for this country the international prize of nearly four centuries, is a distinct credit and feather in the cap of his race.

- Booker T. Washington about "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole" written by Matthew Alexander Henson
 
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