North Pole Legacy Black, White, and Eskimo

by Counter, S. Allen

• ISBN13: 9781931229098
• ISBN10: 1931229090
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Invisible Cities Press Llc

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