Title Renaissance man of Cannery Row : the life and letters of Edward F. Ricketts / edited and with an introduction by Katharine A. Rodger

Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (liv, 283 pages) : illustrations Series Alabama Fire Ant Alabama Fire Ant Contents Editor's note -- Introduction -- Biographical essay -- 1936-1938 -- 1939-1940 -- 1941-1942 -- 1943-1945 -- 1946-1948 -- Works cited -- Index Summary This portrait of one of John Steinbeck's closest friends illuminates the life and work of a figure central to the development of scientific and literary thought in the 20th century. Marine biologist Edward F. Ricketts is perhaps best known as the inspiration for John Steinbeck's most empathic literary characters Doc in Cannery Row, Slim in Of Mice and Men, Jim Casy in The Grapes of Wrath, and Lee in East of Eden. The correspondence of this accomplished scientist, writer, and philosopher reveals the influential exchange of ideas he shared with such prominent thinkers and artists as Henry Miller Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948 Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Friends and associates SUBJECT Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948 fast Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 fast Ricketts, Edward F. swd Subject Marine biologists -- West (U.S.) -- Biography NATURE -- Animals -- Marine Life. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Marine Biology. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology. Friendship Marine biologists West United States Genre/Form collective biographies. Biographies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Rodger, Katharine A. (Katharine Anne), 1974- ISBN 9780817380953 0817380957 9780817350871 081735087X

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