Reminiscences of her father, Franz Boas (1858-1942). Portions of her life are highlighted but the primary focus is on her father, Franz Boas, with numerous comments on his students and colleagues.

Crary covered a variety of topics in this oral history including seismic and geologic explorations, oceanography and geophysics; oil exploration in Colombia and Venezuela; early Loran and Sofar; Maurice Ewing; air acoustics and balloons; Alamogordo; Arctic and Antarctic glaciologly; International Geophysical Year.