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    Matthew Alexander Henson: The First Man to Reach the North Pole
    Matthew Alexander Henson: The First Man to Reach the North Pole
    Matthew Alexander Henson: The First Man to Reach the North Pole
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    Matthew Alexander Henson: The First Man to Reach the North Pole

    By Caitlind L. Alexander

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    Matthew Alexander Henson was born in Maryland in 1866. As a boy he worked as a sharecropper. A sharecropper is a farmer, but they don't own the land they farm. They grow the food, then they share their crop with the landowner.
    Every year Matthew and his family would grow a crop. Then they would have to share half of what they grew with the man who owned the land.
    Matthew's parents died when he was young. Matthew didn’t want to be a farmer, so he ran away to sail the seas. He went to Baltimore, Maryland.

    Find out how this choice led Matthew to become friends with Robert Perry, and how the two of them went on an expedition to discover the North Pole.

    LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLearningIsland.com
    Release dateJul 7, 2012
    ISBN9781476115528
    Matthew Alexander Henson: The First Man to Reach the North Pole
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    Caitlind L. Alexander

    Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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    • 5/5
      This was really interesting. My kids had heard of this man in school, but I never had. It shows that our world really is changing.
    • 5/5
      People didn't think that Matthew mattered because he was black, and he was never credited with being the first person to reach the North Pole. Disgraceful!
      The colour of someone's skin should not matter. I'm glad that his story was uncovered and shared with the world.

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