1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778374403321

Autore

Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8173-8095-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

Alabama Fire Ant

Altri autori (Persone)

RodgerKatharine A <1974-> (Katharine Anne)

Disciplina

578.77/092

Soggetti

Marine biologists - West (U.S.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Editor's note -- Introduction -- Biographical essay -- 1936-1938 -- 1939-1940 -- 1941-1942 -- 1943-1945 -- 1946-1948 -- Works cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792044503321

Autore

Brown Charles Brockden <1771-1810.>

Titolo

Arthur Mervyn, or, Memoirs of the year 1793 [[electronic resource] ] : first and second parts / / by Charles Brockden Brown ; edited by Sydney J. Krause and S.W. Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio, : Kent State University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-61277-331-1

Edizione

[Revised]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (492 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KrauseSydney J (Sydney Joseph)

ReidS. W

Disciplina

813/.2

Soggetti

Murderers

Yellow fever

Young men

Philadelphia (Pa.) Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 478-479).

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Arthur Mervyn, First Part""; ""Preface ""; ""Chapter I ""; ""Chapter II ""; ""Chapter III ""; ""Chapter IV ""; ""Chapter V ""; ""Chapter VI ""; ""Chapter VII ""; ""Chapter VIII ""; ""Chapter IX ""; ""Chapter X ""; ""Chapter XI ""; ""Chapter XII ""; ""Chapter XIII ""; ""Chapter XIV ""; ""Chapter XV ""; ""Chapter XVI ""; ""Chapter XVII ""; ""Chapter XVIII ""; ""Chapter XIX ""; ""Chapter XX ""; ""Chapter XXI ""; ""Chapter XXII ""; ""Chapter XXIII ""; ""Arthur Mervyn, Second Part""; ""Chapter I ""; ""Chapter II ""; ""Chapter III ""; ""Chapter IV ""

""Chapter V """"Chapter VI ""; ""Chapter VII ""; ""Chapter VIII ""; ""Chapter IX ""; ""Chapter X ""; ""Chapter XI ""; ""Chapter XII ""; ""Chapter XIII ""; ""Chapter XIV ""; ""Chapter XV ""; ""Chapter XVI ""; ""Chapter XVII ""; ""Chapter XVIII ""; ""Chapter XIX ""; ""Chapter XX ""; ""Chapter XXI ""; ""Chapter XXII ""; ""Chapter XXIII ""; ""Chapter XXIV ""; ""Chapter XXV ""; ""Introduction to the Historical Essay""; ""Historical Essay by Norman S. Grabo""; ""Selected Bibliography""