Karen D. Drickamer is excited to bring readers her debut book, "Captain Cook". Her passion for writing and history were the driving forces behind this thoroughly researched book. She spent her career first In the Archives at the Morris Library at Southern Illinois University and then nearly 20 years as Head of the Archives and Special Collections at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania.

Lee C. Drickamer is happy to bring this original material, contained in these Civil War letters, to publication so that they may be used as a resource for scholars as well as those interested in the Civil War. He is a biologist who picked up history as a special interest. He has published on American history, academic history, and the history of the study of animal behavior. BIO - Lee C. Drickamer Lee Drickamer was raised in Champaign, Illinois, received his AB degree from Oberlin College (1967) and earned his PhD from Michigan State University (1970). As a biologist, primarily studying animal behavior he held academic and administrative positions at Williams College (1972-1987), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1987-1998) , and Northern Arizona University (1998-2010). He published more than 150 articles and book chapters on mammals, including mice, monkeys, prairie dogs, and swine. He also co-authored textbooks in animal behavior and mammalogy. His research was supported by grants from the NSF and NIH, along with a number of smaller grants from various foundations and other entities. In the late 1970s, he started following his lifetime interest in history, combining that with continuing science research. His topics have ranged from postal history, to Civil War history, to academic history. These include, for example, The Postal History of Berkshire County Massachusetts, Fort Lyon to Harper's Ferry (co-authored with Karen D. Drickamer) , a compilation, with commentary, on the newspaper dispatches of Charles Moulton who served in the 34th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (White Mane), Northern Arizona University: Buildings as History (University of Arizona Press), and A History of Physical Education and Athletics at Oberlin College (Ohio State University Press). Lee is currently involved in several history projects including a compilation of sports at Oberlin College and a series of maps of the college with a map for each year since its founding in 1833.