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The Smoky God, or A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth is a book presented as a true account written by Willis George Emerson in 1908, which describes the adventures of Olaf Jansen, a Norwegian sailor who sailed with his father through an entrance to the Earth's interior at the North Pole.
Liselotte Sperber, who lived to be 103 years old, established the Ann M. Sperber Prize at Fordham University in 1999. The award recognizes the best biographies of journalists. [8] The award winners, their books, and the subjects of their books, are shown below. (Information is not available for 2004 and 2008.) [9]
S. Allen Counter's book, North Pole Legacy: Black, White and Eskimo (1991), discusses the explorations, as well as Peary and Henson's "country wives" (Inuit women) and their part-Inuit descendants, and historical race relations. He made a film documentary by the same name, shown on the Monitor Channel in 1992.
This book is an act of love, but it is also an expression of the power of sibling rivalry." [ 5 ] In Literary Review , Kathy Watson called it “an eloquent memoir of [David’s] short life and fragmented writing, and a testament to the power of love.” [ 6 ] Carla Blumenkranz of The Village Voice wrote, "This is not a book to be read twice ...
W.E.B. Du Bois published the The Brownies’ Book for Black kids in the 1920s. Now, Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer have written an updated version in book form.
He described the village, which was 200 miles north of Fairbanks, as "the happiest civilization of which I have knowledge." [50] Befriending a number of the area's inhabitants, he meticulously recorded thousands of hours of conversation with them. Marshall persuaded a number of villagers, most of whom were single males, to take intelligence tests.
He was shot, bayoneted, beaten and left for dead, but recovered and lived to be 98 years of age. In 2005, Massachusetts Senator Robert Havern III proposed that Whittemore be proclaimed the official state hero of Massachusetts and his memory be commemorated on February 3 each year.
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