Table of Contents
Summer 1993 • Volume 85 • Number 9
The Man Who Could Not Arrive
On February 14, 1779, the eighteenth century's most successful explorer, Captain James Cook, was killed in a fight with native Hawaiians. Perhaps he had contracted the bad luck of his shipmate, John Ledyard, Dartmouth class of 1776. A tier witnessing Cook's demise, Ledyard returned to England and eventually set off on some of the most
remarkable explorations of all time. He may have covered more territory on foot than anyorie of his era, and yet he rarely succeeded in reaching his destination. Recent research shows: that this flamboyant atheist and Dartmouth dropout—the patron saint of the Canoe Club-was one of the unluckiest characters in American history, by Jerold Wikoff
26 The Pemi Affair
The White Mountains, nude swimming, and a shot in the dark, by Kirk Siegel '82
30 The Trip to the Sea
Students canoe over a bed of enthusiastic alumni, by Will Lange
34 Does a Bicycle Have a Soul?
A Dartmouth prof finds one in wood, by Lee Michaelides
36 Rescuing the Wisdom of Vanishing Tribes
Lisa Conte '81 wants to save the rainforest, cure the flu, and make her company a lot of money, by Robert Eshman '82
6 Letters
10 Dr. Wheelock's Journal
12 On the Hill
40 Presidential Range
44 Syllabus
54 Class Notes
80 Obituaries
88 Dartmouth Undying
On the cover: John Ledyard never actually got to see Dartmouth Hall one item in a long list of things he didn h get to see. The painting is by ROB DAY. Hand lettering is by Tim Hanrahan.
