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Wade, Mary Dodson.
AMAZING ARCTIC EXPLORER MATTHEW HENSON
New York : Enslow Elementary, 2010
IL K-3, RL 3.2
ISBN 076605974X

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Matthew Henson was an explorer who wanted to be one of the first to reach the North Pole.  And he was.  But no one knew about him.  As an African American, he was not mentioned in the reports about this trip until many years later.  Find out about this amazing man.

SUBJECTS:     African Americans -- Biography.
                        Explorers.
                        Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.
                        North Pole.

 
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