A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Matthew A Henson 9781117653396 Books
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A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Matthew A Henson 9781117653396 Books
Great book on adventures in the Arctic. If you like this book you will also want to read the following 99 cent books on Arctic adventures:1 A Winter Circuit of Our Arctic Coast: A Narrative of a Journey with Dog-sleds Around the Entire Arctic Coast of Alaska (1920)
2 Hunters of the Great North (1922) (Interactive Table of Contents)
3 An Eskimo Village (1920)
4 My Arctic Journal: A Year Among Ice-fields and Eskimos (1894)
5 A Year with a Whaler (1919)
6 By Eskimo Dog-sled and Kayak (1919)
7 Forty-two Years Amongst the Indians and Eskimo: Pictures from the Life of the Right Reverend John Horden, First Bishop of Moosonee (1893) (Active Table of Contents)
8 Journey from Great Bear Lake to Wollaston Land and Recent Explorations along the South and East Coast of Victoria Land (1852)
9 Robert Peary's Short Narrative of His "GREAT WHITE JOURNEY" across Greenland (1894)
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A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Matthew A Henson 9781117653396 Books Reviews
Excellent book. Excellent story. I recommend it to everyone. A wonderful part of our history.
The delivery was alright. The book so far is a joy to read.. My question while I read this book is, was Mathew Henson a pro-environmentalist?
First-hand account from early 1900's about polar exploration journeys. Fascinating and amazingly easy to read! Loved this book!
You hear so much about Peary but so little about Matthew Henson. This book gives some much needed insight into a story that should be told.
I started to write this as a comment in response to "A Customer's" 3 star review titled "Editions can differ considerably," then decided to make it a full review. I've reviewed this book elsewhere (a different edition); I loved the book, I loved Hensen's understated wit (reminded me of Twain at times), and I have given out quite a few copies of the book as gifts.
The doubt concerning whether Hensen actually wrote the book makes me grit my teeth. Why doubt Hensen wrote the book? (aside from the obvious, I mean, which I'm hoping isn't the case since if the reason is simply that a black man couldn't write an intelligent, witty book, then there's no point in further discussion because blind ignorant prejudice is immune to reason of any sort). I've read both the Invisible Cities press w/Counter's intro & Hensen's later article, & the Dodo Press editions of "A Negro Explorer," Allen Counter's "North Pole Legacy," "Dark Companion" by Bradley Robinson & Hensen, & "Onward," the photobio of Hensen (yes, okay, that one is mostly photos), so I feel as if I've got some idea of the man. He clearly was a bright, well-read, thoughtful, humane man (he treated the Eskimo like human beings, an extreme rarity at the time...he undoubtedly knew what is was like to be treated otherwise). Equally clearly, he was phenomenally capable and possessed of astounding mental & physical strength. In other words, the sort of man to give white people*, particularly those of the first, oh, ¾ of the 20th century, nightmares.
I have been trying, for the sake of a fully informed response, to find a copy of the Cooper Square edition with the Bryce intro. I have a CS edition, but it doesn't have anything by Bryce. There is a fairly extensive Matthew Hensen site by Bradley Robinson, son of the Bradley Robinson who wrote "Dark Companion," which rather resoundingly attacks Bryce as a non-starter as a researcher who didn't actually talk to anyone who knew Hensen and whose basic premise pretty much boils down to, "He couldna writ it because Negros are too stupid to write." [...]
Admittedly, "Dark Companion" seemed bit sanitized to mask the uglier realities of racism, but a frank account could never have been published during Hensen's lifetime. Which problem also seems (to me, at least) to explain discrepancies between Hensen's book & the later piece which showed less of a storybook relationship between Peary & Hensen. When Hensen's book first came out it was enough of a struggle for a black man to publish a book which implied that he had accomplished much of anything, much less one that indicated that he could in any way be as competent as (white) Peary. That the later article came out with some contradictions also doesn't seem surprising; Hensen watched Peary get lionized & heaped w/medals & awards while he, Hensen, was thunderously ignored or (at best) merely footnoted as a sort of sub-zero spear carrier by everyone including Peary. It is not too much of a stretch to think he got fed up & wanted to try and set the record even a small bit straighter.
I don't blame him.
*Don't know if it's germaine, but I am one.
Matthew Henson 's account of the Peary expeditions to the North Pole is a fascinating look by a man who was by Peary's side for over twenty years.
The description is good, as well as the details he gives about the day to day life of the explorers. What fascinates me is the way all of the explorers talk about their dogs. Many of the dogs take on a stronger personality than the explorers themselves.
It's a short, informative read.
Matthew Henson was a great and courageous American who never got the proper respect or credit for his contribution toward the exploration of the North Pole from 1891 to 1909. Racism was undoubtedly the reason, and perhaps this is why his book is so frustratingly short on detail.
As a quick romp through the Arctic, Henson wrote a good book missing is any significant reference to racism, and the relationships between the various explorers, including Peary, are always positive. We know that Henson endured more than just the frigid arctic temperatures during the polar expeditions, but throughout his book he is the consummate gentleman; his narrative is understated and toned down to the gentlemanly pitch of the period. In this regard, Henson again shows his greatness because while it is obvious that he was subjected to abuse and humiliation, and while it is further evident that he was proud to have stood at the North Pole not only as an American, but also as a black man, Henson did not let his book become anything other than an account of an arctic expedition.
In his later years, Henson did finally speak out about many of the inequities under which he had struggled during the polar expeditions. These later revelations render "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole" virtually unusable as a primary reference beyond dates and times. Still, the book is written in Matthew Henson's voice, and is worth reading if only to know him better.
For more information about Matthew Henson, also read Kirk Ward Robinson's "Founding Courage."
Great book on adventures in the Arctic. If you like this book you will also want to read the following 99 cent books on Arctic adventures
1 A Winter Circuit of Our Arctic Coast A Narrative of a Journey with Dog-sleds Around the Entire Arctic Coast of Alaska (1920)
2 Hunters of the Great North (1922) (Interactive Table of Contents)
3 An Eskimo Village (1920)
4 My Arctic Journal A Year Among Ice-fields and Eskimos (1894)
5 A Year with a Whaler (1919)
6 By Eskimo Dog-sled and Kayak (1919)
7 Forty-two Years Amongst the Indians and Eskimo Pictures from the Life of the Right Reverend John Horden, First Bishop of Moosonee (1893) (Active Table of Contents)
8 Journey from Great Bear Lake to Wollaston Land and Recent Explorations along the South and East Coast of Victoria Land (1852)
9 Robert Peary's Short Narrative of His "GREAT WHITE JOURNEY" across Greenland (1894)
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