North Pole Legacy Black, White, and Eskimo,9781931229098

North Pole Legacy Black, White, and Eskimo

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ISBN13: 9781931229098
ISBN10: 1931229090
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-09-01
Publisher(s): Invisible Cities Press Llc
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Summary

Upon hearing rumours that the men who discovered the North Pole had fathered sons while on their expedition, S. Allen Counter arranged to visit the remote villages where Robert Peary, the credited discoverer, and Matthew Henson, the black man whose contributions to the expedition are widely ignored, stayed during their travels. This book recounts the astonishing story of Counter's trips to Greenland and the relationships he develops with the Eskimo ancestors of the two men. At the same time, new evidence about Peary's journey to the Pole is examined, and it comes to light that Henson, was the true hero.

Author Biography

S. Allen Counter is a neuroscientist at Harvard and the founder of the Harvard Foundation, an organization devoted to intercultural and race relations. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Nicholas Sullivan
Anaukaq, Son of Mahri-Pahluk
3(5)
``You must be a Henson''
8(8)
The Amer-Eskimo Hensons
16(13)
Cousin Kali
29(9)
``Hallelujah!'' / ``Not interested''
38(11)
Black and White Partners
49(14)
The Struggle for the Pole
63(14)
``Now I know I have relatives''
77(12)
Growing Up Eskimo
89(17)
Keeping the Faith
106(18)
Defeating Tornarsuk
124(20)
The North Pole Family Reunion
144(31)
Back Home in Greenland
175(4)
Welcome Home, Matthew Henson
179(10)
Epilogue The Controversy: Did Peary and Henson Reach the North Pole First? 189(21)
Afterword North Pole Legacy 2001 210(33)
Notes 243(4)
Glossary 247(6)
Acknowledgments 253

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