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This is to announce a reissue of the beautiful book, originally published in 1941, of an expedition made to the gulf of california by ed ricketts, a biologist, and the novelist. While the cover bears the name of the author of cannery row, of mice and men, and the grapes of wrath, the log from the sea of cortez was a collaboration between the nobel prizewinning novelist and marine biologist ed ricketts. The book describes a sixweek trip taken by steinbeck and his friend, marine biologist ed ricketts, in 1940 to the gulf of california to collect specimens. For steinbeck, the voyage was a good excuse to write the extended travelogue that is the log from the sea of cortez.
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The log from the sea of cortez is an englishlanguage book written by american author john steinbeck and published in 1951. Ricketts ventured aboard the western flyer, a sardine boat out of monterey, california, on a 4,000mile voyage around the baja peninsula into the sea of cortez. In search of a respite from the national stage, steinbeck and his close friend, biologist ed ricketts, embarked on a month long marine specimencollecting. The log from the sea of cortez describes a marine biology expedition carried out by john steinbeck and his close friend, ed ricketts, from march 11 to april 20, 1940. The soup of phytoplankton feeds invertebrates that are gobbled up by more than 800 kinds of vertebrates including fish, blue and fin whales. Buy a cheap copy of the log from the sea of cortez book by john steinbeck. Ricketts and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The grapes of wrath and other writings 19361941 the long valley the grapes of wrath the log from the sea of cortez the harvest gypsies by steinbeck, john and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The purpose of this blog is to enable people to provide comments on books being considered by the selection committee. A penguin classic in the two years after the 1939 publication of steinbecks masterful the grapes of wrath, steinbeck and his novel increasingly became the. Does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. Initially they planned a motoring trip to mexico city as.
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