hollyrebeccasmith 's review for:

First Man: Reimagining Matthew Henson by Simon Schwartz

5.0

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This novel was incredibly depressing. Definitely learned some interesting history about US expeditions to the North Pole (the first US citizen there was, quite likely, Matthew Henson, an African American man). The really interesting thing was that Matthew Henson was incorporated into Inuit mythology which is why I wish they had gone more into that aspect. However, Henson gained very little recognition and faced immense racism and the people he was with on the expeditions did horrible things (like giving Inuit people to the NMNH).