A full biography of Larry Gould is being prepared by Carleton Archivist Eric Hillemann. The best estimate now is that the book, to be titled A Beacon So Bright: The Life of Laurence McKinley Gould, will be completed some time in the second half of 2012. Current progress on writing is as follows:

-- Outline of Chapters --

Prologue: "What We Want is a Paragon" (1944-1945)
1. Launched; Whither Bound? (1896-1917)
2. Doughboy (1917-1919)
3. Entered Upon a Scientific Career (1919-1926)
4. An Arctic Tenderfoot (1926)
5. Baffin to Byrd (1927-1928)
6. High Venturings (1928)
7. Feared Lost (1929)
8. Forty-two Men (1929)
9. The Trail South (1929)
10. "No Symphony I Have Ever Heard..." (1929-1930)
11. Endings and Beginnings (1930-1932)
12. Carleton Professor (1932-1933)
13. Any Bright Color, So Long as it is Red (1933-1940)
14. Wartime and New Tasks (1940-1945)
15. Building a Cathedral (1945-1946)
16. The Way Ahead (1946-1949)
17. The Things That Have Made Us Great (1949-1951)
18. I Like Ike (1951-1953)
19. "Carissima mia" (1953-1954)
20. South Again (1954-1957)
21. The Pursuit of Excellence (1957-1958)
22. A New Renaissance (1958-1960)
23. Shaking the Foundations (1960-1961)
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24. "You Can Do Anything You Want" (1961-1964)
25. Sun and Ice (1964-1969)
26. Mr. Antarctica (1970-1979)
27. Senior Citizen (1980-1995)

Afterward: Vision and Charm