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A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

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Frederick A. Stokes Company

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A hardcover first edition of A Negro Explorer at the North Pole, a memoir written by explorer Matthew Henson about his early 20th century international seafaring artic expeditions. There is a forward written by Robert E. Peary and an introduction written by Booker T. Washington. The book is protected by an off-white covered dust jacket.From top to bottom, with a halftone relief headshot of Matthew Henson, it reads: [A NEGRO EXPLORER / AT THE / NORTH POLE / By MATTHEW HENSON / With forward by Robert E. Peary / and introduction by Booker T. Washington / THIS IS the book of the foremost explorer of his race, the negro / who stood at the North Pole with Peary. / It is interesting not only because it tells of the noteworthy / achievement of a negro rising from great handicaps, / whom Peary trusted with many important responsibili- / ties, but also because in his own entertaining manner / Henson gives an extremely interesting account of the ex- / pedition, with sidelights on Eskimo life and Arctic cus- / toms, concerning which his knowledge is without peer. / It is a unique addition to the literature of exploration, and should stand / beside Peary’s “The North Pole” and Borup’s “A Tenderfoot with Peary.” / With 7 illustration from photographs. $1.00 net. / Publishers – FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY – New York].The spine of the book repeats the front cover title, author, and publisher information.There are 218 pages total, and seven black-and-white...
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Ink On Wove Paper And Cardboard
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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