Matthew Henson
By: Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson ; illustrated by Francis Balistreri.
Contributors: Thompson, Kathleen.; Balistreri, Francis.
Publisher: Raintree Childrens Books
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Milwaukee
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955 -- Juvenile literature.; Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.; Explorers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; African Americans -- Biography.; North Pole -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Traces the life of the black explorer who accompanied Robert E. Peary in his discovery of the North Pole in 1909.