The Log from the Sea of Cortez: The Narrative Portion of the Book,'Sea of Cortez'by John Steinbeck And e.F. Ricketts, 1941, Here Reissued with an Appendix 'About Ed Ricketts' (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Steinbeck, John; Astro, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140187448 ISBN 13: 9780140187441

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1996

Synopsis

In 1940, Steinbeck and biologist Edward F. Ricketts ventured aboard the "Western Flyer," a sardine boat out of Monterey, California, on a 4,000-mile voyage around the Baja peninsula into the Sea of Cortez. This exciting, day-by-day account of their expedition wonderfully combines science, philosophy, and high-spirited adventure, and provides a much fuller picture of Steinbeck - and his beliefs about man and the world - than any of his fictional works.

This edition includes a critical introduction that places the "Log" within the context of Steinbeck's life and work, as well as Steinbeck's delightful profile "About Ed Ricketts."

About this title

Review:

By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

About the Author:

John Steinbeck (1902-68) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0140187448
• ISBN 13: 9780140187441
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336