A BOY’S-EYE VIEW OF THE ARCTIC
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Kennett L. Rawson, June, 1925.
A BOY’S-EYE VIEW
OF
THE ARCTIC
BY
KENNETT LONGLEY RAWSON
CABIN-BOY OF THE BOWDOIN
Introduction by
Commander Donald B. MacMillan
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1926
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Copyright, 1926,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY,
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Published October, 1926.
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THE FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK
To My Mother
Bravest of them all.
Illustrated with photographs taken by the author,and others loaned through the courtesy of CommanderDonald B. MacMillan; National GeographicSociety, taken by Maynard Owen Williams,photographer of the Expedition; Ralph P. Robinson,Mate of the Bowdoin; Onnig D. Melkon,moving picture photographer of the Expedition;Alfred Brust, Staff Photographer of the BostonHerald, and George Warren Lord, Staff Photographerof the Boston Post.
INTRODUCTION
TO the lecturer the introduction is the mostinteresting part of his lecture, in that it isgenerally so complimentary that his feeling ofguilt and a sense of his own inferiority marssomewhat his whole discourse. My cabin boy,Kennett Rawson, suffers no handicap in this respect.His work is finished. Whatever I maywrite will not affect its status. His narrativestands as a testimonial of the influence of goodand much reading. Very few will believe thatsuch language is natural for a fourteen-year-oldboy. But we knew “Ken” in the forecastle ofthe little Bowdoin, and teachers at Hill Schoolwho have watched his progress for two yearscan assure you that the book is his own