A Negro Explorer At The North Pole

Author : Matthew Henson
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1513294199
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( 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.

Author : Matthew Henson
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.4D/5 ( 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.

Author : Matthew Henson
Publisher : Mint Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781513291345
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( 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.

Author : Matthew A. Henson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510707573
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( 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.

Author : Matthew A. Henson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9780557366699
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( 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.

Author : Matthew Alexander Henson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966576214
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( 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:

Author : Matthew Henson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781456438746
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( 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

Author : Matthew Alexander Matthew Alexander Henson
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781491095898
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( 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."

Author : Gary Phillips
Publisher : Polis Books
ISBN 13 : 1951709241
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( 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.

Author : Nicholas Senn
Publisher : Chicago : W. B. Conkey Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( 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: