02671nam 2200637Ia 450 991110779690332120251116220604.00-8173-8095-7(CKB)1000000000479992(EBL)438140(OCoLC)187297125(SSID)ssj0000235924(PQKBManifestationID)11924778(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235924(PQKBWorkID)10164761(PQKB)10057248(SSID)ssj0000365211(PQKBManifestationID)12110822(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365211(PQKBWorkID)10403090(PQKB)10327182(MdBmJHUP)muse8674(Au-PeEL)EBL438140(CaPaEBR)ebr10387747(MiAaPQ)EBC438140(EXLCZ)99100000000047999220020227d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRenaissance man of Cannery Row the life and letters of Edward F. Ricketts /edited and with an introduction by Katharine A. Rodger1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20021 online resource (340 p.)Alabama Fire AntDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1172-6 0-8173-5087-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-278) and index.Editor's note -- Introduction -- Biographical essay -- 1936-1938 -- 1939-1940 -- 1941-1942 -- 1943-1945 -- 1946-1948 -- Works cited -- Index. 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 Alabama Fire AntMarine biologistsWest (U.S.)BiographyMarine biologists578.77/092Ricketts Edward Flanders1897-1948.1951683Rodger Katharine A(Katharine Anne),1974-1951684MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911107796903321Renaissance man of Cannery Row4781215UNINA