Renaissance man of Cannery Row [[electronic resource] ] : the life and letters of Edward F. Ricketts / / edited and with an introduction by Katharine A. Rodger
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Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.>
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| 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
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (340 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 578.77/092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Marine biologists - West (U.S.) |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
RodgerKatharine A <1974-> (Katharine Anne)
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Renaissance man of Cannery Row |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8095-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451928003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Alabama Fire Ant