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North Pole Legacy - The Search for the Arctic Offspring of Robert Peary and Matthew Henson - cover

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North Pole Legacy - The Search for the Arctic Offspring of Robert Peary and Matthew Henson

S. Allen Counter

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

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Sixth title in the Skyhorse Explorer’s Club joint venture. The Explorer's Club is an internationally renowned multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore. Previous members include great names such as Theodore Roosevelt, John Glenn, and Neil deGrasse. Will include a new foreword by Explorer's Club president Ted Janulis. Author is a lauded neuroscience professor and director of the International Foundation for Race and Cultural Relations at Harvard University and active member of the Explorer's Club. For his work on Matthew Henson and Robert Peary's progeny, he is the recipient of an NAACP Special Award.
Available since: 02/13/2018.

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