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Author Charleston, Gordon, author.

Title Peary reaches the North Pole / Gordon Charleston.

Publication Info. New York : Dillon Press, 1993.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 910.911 Charle Pea 1993    Available  ---  Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer
Description 32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm.
Series Great 20th century expeditions
Great 20th century expeditions.
Note "A Zo̲ë book"--Title page verso.
"1909"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Summary Describes Admiral Peary's attempts to reach the North Pole in the early twentieth century and the dispute of his claim to have been the first to succeed.
Contents "Top of the world" -- Early explorers -- American way -- Peary's first attempts -- 1908-1909 expedition -- Peary's team -- To the North Pole -- Day by day -- "My dream and goal" -- Who was first -- Peary's triumph -- Every which way to the Pole -- In Peary's footsteps.
Subject Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
North Pole.
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJB4d896wmrJMCRB4vmmVC
Explorers
Arctic Ocean -- North Pole
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Genre/Form Biographies
Juvenile works
Children's non-fiction.
ISBN 0875185355
9780875185354