Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer
Captain Mac The Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan Arctic Explorer Mary Morton Cowan
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Writing a biography about a man whose life was packed with adventure became an adventure I never imagined one that involved many people to whom I am indebted The book could not have been completed without the help of Bowdoin College Experts Dr Susan Kaplan and Dr Genevieve LeMoine at the Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center willingly reviewed the manuscript and with their assistants pored over hundreds of photographs with me and searched for documentation in their archives And their recent successful efforts to digitize MacMillan's old films helped me see his adventures At the Bowdoin College Library the staff of the George J Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives pulled out dozens of diaries and journals and ship's logs for me to peruse Thanks also go to the staff at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum where I selected some of the photographs included in the book Two people at Maine Maritime Academy were especially helpfulCaptain Andy Chase for his communications and Captain John Worth for taking me sailing on the Bowdoin Back in the 1980s and 1990s when I was writing my first book about MacMillan I was privileged to interview several
