Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (1841-1924) was an American self-taught physicist and meteorologist. He was the first professor hired at Ohio State University in 1873 and the superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (now known as NOAA) from 1889-1894. "The Alaska Boundary Line" was first published in 1896 and it highlights the many struggles America faced in establishing a boundary line between southern Alaska and Canada. "Twenty Unsettled Miles" was first published in 1897 and it chronicles the century long dispute between New Brunswick, Canada and the United States over the fishing rights along the St. Croix River, Passamaquoddy Bay and the Bay of Fundy. Edited by Mendenhall family member Sybil Drew.