Research Catalog

Title

The log from the Sea of Cortez / John Steinbeck ; introduction by Richard Astro.

Author

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968

Publication

New York : Penguin Books, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948.
• Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.

Description

xxvii, 288 p. : ill.; 20 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Penguin twentieth-century classics

Uniform Title

• Sea of Cortez
• Penguin twentieth-century classics.

Alternative Title

Sea of Cortez

Subjects

• California, Gulf of (Mexico) > Description and travel
• Marine invertebrates > Mexico > California, Gulf of
• Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948 > Journeys > Mexico > California, Gulf of
• Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 > Journeys > Mexico > California, Gulf of

Note

• "The narrative portion of the book, Sea of Cortez (1941), by John Steinbeck and E.F. Ricketts."
• Originally published: New York : Viking, 1951.
• "Appendix: About Ed Ricketts": p. 225-274.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. xxv-xxvi) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Richard Astro -- Suggestions for further reading -- Note on the text -- Map -- Log from the Sea of Cortez -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Index.

ISBN

0140187448 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^95014802^

OCLC

• 32347383
• SCSB-12517135

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library