Matthew Henson: The Quest for the North Pole

by Kathleen Olmstead

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402760604
• ISBN13: 9781402760600
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher