1. Out of the vast unknown -- 2. The Harvard years -- 3. Travel with Conrad Aiken -- 4. The three-thousand-mile summer -- 5. Photographing moose with Billy Magee -- 6. Travel and work in Europe -- 7. To the end of the Earth -- 8. A race against winter -- 9. In search of Atisokan -- 10. Rainy Lake living -- 11. A mission of transcendent importance -- 12. The Rainy Lake reference -- 13. The program -- 14. Entering the political arena -- 15. Political maneuvering -- 16. The Shipstead-Nolan Act -- 17. Return to Harvard -- 18. Tragedy and triumph -- 19. The mallard spreads its wings -- 20. Friendship with the Ojibwe -- 21. Legend.