Nansen (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Anna Gertrude Hall
- First Published: 1940
- Time of Work: 1861–1930
- Setting: Norway, the Arctic Ocean, and Greenland
- Principal Characters: Fridtjof Nansen, Eva Sars Nansen, Hjalmar Johansen, Johan Sverdrup, Haakon VII
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Social action, Autobiography, Science or scientists, Exploration or explorers, Norway or Norwegians, North Pole, Skis or skiing, League of Nations
- Locales: Norway, Arctic, Greenland
Form and Content
Anna Gertrude Hall’s Nansen is precisely what it portends to be—the biography of the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. The lives of other persons, including the famous Admiral Robert E. Peary, intersect Nansen’s life, and those persons are briefly mentioned as they appear. Nevertheless, the story centers completely on Nansen. Even the other events that were occurring during his lifetime, such as the newly won independence of Norway as a nation, World War I, the terrible aftermath of the war, and the work of the League of Nations, are only...
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