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	Frederick A. Cook - Ohio State University Libraries
		Frederick A. Cook (1865-1940) is the most controversial figure in the history of polar exploration.
		His supporters maintain that Dr. Cook was the hero of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the first to climb Mount McKinley, the first to stand at the North Pole, and the victim of merciless and unrelenting persecution by Robert Peary and those who supported Peary's claim to have reached the pole first.
		In 1956, Dr. Cook's daughter, Helene Cook Vetter and others formed the Dr. Frederick A. Cook Society and in 1975, the group was again reorganized as The Frederick A. Cook Society, with the stated purpose "to gain official recognition for the scientific and geographic accomplishments of Dr. Frederick A. Cook."
	library.osu.edu /sites/archives/polar/cook/cook.htm (785 words)

	The Frederick A. Cook Society
		Cook caught the polar wanderlust only a year after his graduation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York University, in 1890, perhaps influenced by the death of his first wife in childbirth.
		Cook disappeared from public view after a bitter media campaign that did little for the reputation of either antagonist and even less for historical geography.
		Frederick A. Cook's unquestioned prior physical description of conditions at the Pole and his apparent descriptions of then-unknown ice islands weigh in his favor, and his non-discovery of Meighen Island (Stefansson found this "impossible to explain") gives credence to his reporting a westward drift of the polar ice.
	www.cookpolar.org /about.htm (931 words)

	Frederick Cook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frederick Albert Cook (June 10, 1865 – August 5, 1940) was an American explorer and physician.
		In 1903 Cook led an expedition to Mount McKinley, and claimed to have made the first ascent in 1906 on his second attempt.
		Cook's claim was initially widely believed because reporters were convinced of his honesty and sincerity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_Cook (1002 words)

	Frederick Cook Summary
		In the view of polar historians such as Pierre Berton (Berton, 1988), Cook's story of his trek around the Arctic islands is probably legitimate, but it is doubtful that he actually reached the pole.
		Cook initially congratulated Peary for his achievement, but Peary and his supporters launched a campaign to discredit Cook, even enlisting the aid of socially-prominent persons outside the field of science such as football coach Fielding Yost (as related in Fred Russell's 1943 book, I'll Go Quietly).
		Cook spent much of the rest of his life continuing to write defenses of his trip to the pole and attempting to sue writers who claimed that he had faked the trip.
	www.bookrags.com /Frederick_Cook (1009 words)

	Frederick Albert Cook Papers (Library of Congress)
		Cook's diaries record both scientific data and his general observations during expeditions to destinations inside the Arctic and Antarctic circles, to Alaska's Mount McKinley, and once around the world.
		The tissue-paper sheets on which Cook performed the "reduction calculations" determining his position en route to the North Pole, the published ephemerides on which those calculations were based, and a copy of the note deposited at the pole in a metal tube are also included.
		Helen Cook Vetter gained custody of her father's papers upon his death, resulting in the intermingling of a few of her papers with his.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/cook.html (1872 words)

	Judge Killits sentances Frederick Cook to prison
		Cook, this deal of yours, and this conception of yours, and this execution of yours, was so damnably crooked that I know the men who defended you, defended you with their handkerchiefs to their noses, rank, smelling to Heaven.
		I wish I could do with you as I might, the way I feel about you; I wish I were not circumscribed by some conventions, that I think are mistakes, yet until public sentiment is educated to a better respect for the law, we have got to respect them to some degree.
		Crippled; bed-ridden; no means at all; charity for surgical attendance, because every penny she had was given to the fellow who calls himself "Dr. Frederick A. Cook".
	www.pearyhenson.org /dr_frederick_cook/botsy3.html (1118 words)

	Dr. Cook, Frederick Cook, Cook & Peary, The Cook Society, dr cook, hoaxes, fraud, North Pole
		The Dishonorable Dr. Cook; The Shameless Diary of an Explorer; Denali—deception, defeat and triumph; and Crook and Peary Envy.
		Cook's absurd 1911 book repulsed readers who were shocked by his obvious delusions of grandeur, chronic paranoia, and vicious slurs towards Peary.
		Cook spends much of the book arguing against his "critics" while recounting their various insults against him.
	www.pearyhenson.org /dr_frederick_cook/morefred.html (1745 words)

	George Frederick Cook
		The Cooks are of Dutch ancestry, the immigrant of the family having come from Holland to the American colonies and located in Pennsylvania, from whence migration was later made to Bland County, Virginia.
		Henry H. Cook was born in Bland County, Virginia in 1855, and was there reared, but subsequently moved to Chatham Hill, and from 1876 to 1893 was the leading merchant of that village.
		Cook was the youngest commonwealth attorney to hold this office in Smyth County.
	www.newrivernotes.com /va/gfcook.htm (661 words)

	The Frederick A. Cook Society
		Cook was knighted by the King of the Belgians, honored by geographical societies and authored five books about his experiences.
		Cook received a Presidential pardon for a federal conviction in 1923 involving Texas oil properties, which resulted in immense wealth for those who purchased them as sheriff's sale while Cook was in prison.
		Cook was born in Hortonville, NY in 1865 and died in New Rochelle, NY in 1940.
	www.cookpolar.org (418 words)

	Polar Explorer Frederick Cook Collection Given To Ohio State
		The governing board of the Dr. Frederick A. Cook Society, an organization dedicated to maintaining the memory and accomplishments of Cook, approved the transfer of this collection at its last meeting.
		Cook is best known for his claim that he reached the North Pole before another American explorer, Robert Peary, claimed to have done so.
		In 1903, Cook made the first circumnavigation of Mount McKinley and in 1906 claimed to be the first to reach its summit.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1996-06/OSU-PEFC-030696.php (554 words)

	True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole - PowerBookSearch!
		In 1891, Cook, recovering from the deaths of both his wife and child and seeking adventure, was hired by Peary as chief medical officer on an expedition to Greenland.
		Cook responded, "Peary has stooped to every crime from rape to murder." They had started out as friends and shipmates, with Cook, a doctor, accompanying Peary, a civil engineer, on an expedition to northern Greenland in 1891.
		Peary continued his assaults on the Pole, failing repeatedly, while Cook diversified his explorations to include climbing Mt. McKinley (he was the first man to ever reach its summit) and exploring Antarctica (he was the first American to explore both the northern and southern polar regions).
	www.powerbooksearch.com /booksearch0393057917.html (1536 words)

	A Long and Brutal Assault \| Outside Online
		Frederick Cook was born to genteel poverty in upstate New York in 1865.
		Cook, Browne, and Parker were the first party to attack the mountain from the south.
		But Cook then made his fatal error, publishing his spurious "summit photograph." Having noted the effectiveness of Peary's dramatic salesmanship on the lecture circuit, Cook may, at this point, have decided that he needed bolder deeds on his résumé than the ones he could actually perform.
	outside.away.com /magazine/0699/9906cook.html (4567 words)

	Amazon.com: Through the First Antarctic Night: Books: Frederick A. Cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Cook was ahead of his time in realizing that raw penguin meat would protect the crew from scurvy and that sitting in front of a hot bright fire would help counteract symptoms of what we now call "seasonal affective disorders" that include depression, withdrawal, and other emotional problems.
		Cook was also instrumental in devising a system of digging and blasting out canals through the ice that allowed the ship to eventually escape into open water many months earlier than would otherwise have been possible.
		Cook brings home the excitement, the beauty, and the tragedy of this remarkable tale with a wonderfully descriptive writing style that will win over those readers with a yen for adventures of exploration, not only of a place but of the human heart and mind.
	www.amazon.com /Through-First-Antarctic-Night-Frederick/dp/0966561317 (1202 words)

	Following the traces of Dr. Frederick Cook
		He told how under arduous conditions of the forced wintering of the ship in the South Ocean Dr. Frederick Cook (to whom he referred as his teacher) had sensu stricto saved the lives of the participants of the expedition.
		It was when Dr. Cook announced to the world about his discovery of the North Pole almost at the same time with Robert Peary, a famous polar explorer.
		Dr. Cook stated that his record was achieved a year earlier than Peary's: he reached the North Pole with the two Eskimos in 1908.
	www.shparo.com /Cook/Cook_main.htm (625 words)

	Frederick A. Cook Society: Is this Polar Hate Literature? Frederick Cook, Cook & Peary
		Cook humiliated the United States in addition to stirring up hatred towards the man he was so jealous of, Commander Peary.
		Cook accused Peary of taking, in the place of Robert Bartlett "...a negro..." Ignoring the well established fact that Bartlett was only part of the support team.
		But to Cook, he was only a "negro" to be ridiculed in his efforts to vilify Peary.
	www.matthewhenson.com /cookfight.htm (631 words)

	What Henson said about Fred Cook
		Cook's bogus claim is beautifully assessed here in Henson's own words from his own 1912 book, A Negro Explorer at The North Pole.
		We knew Dr. Cook and his abilities; he had been a surgeon on two of Peary's expeditions and, aside from his medical abilities, we had no faith in him whatever.
		We know Dr. Cook very well and also his reputation, and we know that he was never good for a hard day's work; in fact he was not up to the average, and he is no hand at all in making the most of his resources.
	www.matthewhenson.com /hensononcook.htm (1003 words)

	Frederick Albert Cook — FactMonster.com
		Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865–1940, American explorer and physician, b.
		Cook was deprived of some of the honors that had been accorded him and disappeared from the public eye for a time.
		To the end of his life, however, and in the face of a generally hostile public, Cook fought for vindication of his polar and Mt. McKinley claims and even filed several libel suits.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0813412.html (246 words)

	Frederick A. Cook: from Hero to Humbug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		You can read an analysis of Cook’s story of his conquest of the Pole that uses existing evidence to determine if it could be true.
		You will be able to hear Cook’s voice and see a film clip of him arriving in Copenhagen in September 1909.
		You will be able to follow Cook’s route in 1908 and see modern scenes along it taken by the foremost trekker in the area over which Cook traveled.
	home.earthlink.net /~cookpeary (311 words)

	Dr. Frederick A. Cook - Ohio State University Libraries
		Cook observed the psychological despair of his shipmates and became convinced that they needed physical exercise. He noticed leads in the ice and led a project to use saws to connect the leads and create a channel.
		Frederick A. Cook is probably the most controversial figure in the history of polar exploration.
		In 1940, Dr. Cook died in relative obscurity but maintained that he had reached the North Pole in 1908. Sixteen years after his death, Cook’s daughter and others established the Dr. Frederick A. Cook Society to maintain Dr. Cook’s claims, an organization that continues to meet, sponsor conferences, and produces publication.
	library.osu.edu /sites/archives/polar/exhibits/cook/cook.htm (316 words)

	Cook Family Genealogy - Updates Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Frederick COOK was born in 1822 in New York.
		Frederick COOK and Sarah were divorced on 5 NOV 1852.
		On 10 MAR 1863 Frederick enlisted for service in the Civil War at Piqua, OH, joining the famed 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
	www.cookfamilygenealogy.com /updates_archive.html (221 words)

	Amazon.com: "Frederick Cook": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Frederick Cook was then very much alive and somewhere in the high Arctic at that very moment, on a journey that first...
		Frederick Cook, during the voyage from McCormick Bay, Greenland, to Philadelphia.
		Frederick Cook makes the same claim 1908-1918 Vilhjalmur Stefansson discovers and remaps huge areas of Arctic; promotes a natural gas industry and...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Frederick-Cook (524 words)

	Amazon.fr : Finding the North Pole: Livres en anglais: Frederick Albert Cook,Robert E. Peary,George W. Melville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		On September 1, 1909 the civilized world received word through the public press that Dr. Frederick A. Cook had discovered the North Pole on April 21, 1908.
		Within the timeframe of one year and fifteen days, two men from the same nation separately laid claim to one of the most sought-after destinations in the Arctic, seemingly etching their names into the icy landscape forever.
		Cook's April 21, 1908 and Peary's April 6, 1909 are dates by which the world knew that one of the last uncharted places on the globe had been finally conquered.
	www.amazon.fr /Finding-North-Pole-Frederick-Albert/dp/1592280722 (439 words)

	LIT BY THE 'WICK: all bushwick, all the time
		Frederick Cook claimed to have discovered the North Pole.
		Cook is also evidently one of the earlier residents to sport the '02-era hipster coat w/ fluffy hood.
		Especially when the J train happens to come RIGHT OUT to Frederick Cook's doorstep after another couple of miles.
	www.the-wick.com /feature_archive/cook.htm (263 words)

	President's Report \| Honour Roll \| Donald Frederick Cook
		Donald Cook has been active for over 35 years as a music educator and administrator, pianist, church organist, composer/arranger, and choral director.
		Cook has served as board member of a number of musical organizations including the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Federation for the Humanities, the Canadian Music Educators' Association, the Canadian Music Centre, the Canadian Music Council, and the London (Ontario) Youth Orchestra.
		This fierce sense of ownership was perfectly appropriate, given that in truth he had been so instrumental in creating, virtually from nothing, the need for music and music teachers, the programs to fill that need, and the facility to house those programs.
	www.mun.ca /president/99-00report/honor/honorary_cook.html (3345 words)

	Following the traces of Dr. Frederick Cook
		In the course of the expedition the courageous mountaineers have also proved that Edward Barrille, a companion of Dr. Cook during his ascent, who made the affidavit that their route to the summit was interrupted in the middle part of the Ruth Amphitheater, told a falsehood.
		The mountaineers ascended to the head of the Ruth Glacier and discovered a logical And simple pass from the East Ridge to the Basin of the Traleika Glacier (not entering into the Traleika Col), made a traverse of the Karstens Ridge and across the Denali Pass made an ascent to the summit of Mt. McKinley.
		It is very symbolic, that the good name of researcher and pioneer explorer Dr. Frederick Cook was returned by the Russian mountaineers.
	www.shparo.com /Cook/Cook_results.htm (364 words)

	Amazon.ca: Denali: Deception, Defeat & Triumph: Books: Frederick Albert Cook,Belmore Browne,Hudson Stuck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		All Fred Cook had going for him was compulsive lying coupled with sickening "poetic descriptions" that lulled weak minds.
		Denali is a magnificent natural wonder; Cook's self-serving exploitation of Mt. McKinley was like a dog taking a poop on a rare Persian carpet.
		Thankfully there were men of character, men with the determination of Browne and Stuck, who sought the reward of reaching that summit in the clouds.
	www.amazon.ca /Denali-Deception-Frederick-Albert-Cook/dp/0898868351 (584 words)

	Dr. Frederick Cook
		Frederick A. Cook (1865-1940) is one of the most controversial figures in polar exploration.
		Some people think that he was a hero of an Antarctic Expedition, the first to climb Mount McKinley, the first to stand at the North Pole (April 21, 1908), and the victim of lies by Robert Peary, who claimed to have reached the Pole first (April 6, 1909).
		Others think that Cook faked his claims to both Mount McKinley and the North Pole, and cheated Texas oil field investors - for which he actually spent five years in prison.
	www.athropolis.com /arctic-facts/fact-cook.htm (214 words)

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