LEADER 02674nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910778374403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8095-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000479992 035 $a(EBL)438140 035 $a(OCoLC)187297125 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000235924 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924778 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235924 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10164761 035 $a(PQKB)10057248 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365211 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12110822 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365211 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10403090 035 $a(PQKB)10327182 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8674 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438140 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387747 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438140 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000479992 100 $a20020227d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRenaissance man of Cannery Row$b[electronic resource] $ethe life and letters of Edward F. Ricketts /$fedited and with an introduction by Katharine A. Rodger 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (340 p.) 225 1 $aAlabama Fire Ant 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1172-6 311 $a0-8173-5087-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-278) and index. 327 $aEditor's note -- Introduction -- Biographical essay -- 1936-1938 -- 1939-1940 -- 1941-1942 -- 1943-1945 -- 1946-1948 -- Works cited -- Index. 330 $a This portrait of one of John Steinbeck's closest friends illuminates the life and work of a figure central to the development of scientific and literary thought in the 20th century. Marine biologist Edward F. Ricketts is perhaps best known as the inspiration for John Steinbeck's most empathic literary characters Doc in Cannery Row, Slim in Of Mice and Men, Jim Casy in The Grapes of Wrath, and Lee in East of Eden. The correspondence of this accomplished scientist, writer, and philosopher reveals the influential exchange of ideas he shared with 410 0$aAlabama Fire Ant 606 $aMarine biologists$zWest (U.S.)$vBiography 615 0$aMarine biologists 676 $a578.77/092 700 $aRicketts$b Edward Flanders$f1897-1948.$01577536 701 $aRodger$b Katharine A$g(Katharine Anne),$f1974-$01577537 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778374403321 996 $aRenaissance man of Cannery Row$93856182 997 $aUNINA