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200 10$aRenaissance man of Cannery Row $ethe life and letters of Edward F. Ricketts /$fedited and with an introduction by Katharine A. Rodger
205   $a1st ed.
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.
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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 
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700   $aRicketts$b Edward Flanders$f1897-1948.
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