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©1951
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xxvii, 288 pages : map ; 20 cm
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"The narrative portion of the book, Sea of Cortez (1941), by John Steinbeck and E.F. Ricketts."
This exciting day-by-day account of Steinbeck's trip to the Gulf of California with biologist Ed Ricketts, drawn from the longer Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-spirited adventure. Annotation. In 1940, Steinbeck and his friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, ventured into the Gulf of California to search for marine invertebrates along the beaches. This exciting, day-by-day account of their trip, drawn from the longer work, Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-speed adventure that provides a fascinating portrait of Steinbeck and Ricketts
Originally published: New York : Viking, 1951
"Appendix: About Ed Ricketts": pages 225-274
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Introduction /
Richard Astro -- Log from the Sea of Cortez -- Appendix : About Ed Rickets --Glossary
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