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Breaking Through

Essays, Journals, and Travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts

By: Edward F. Ricketts Jr.

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Breaking Through

Essays, Journals, and Travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts

By: Edward F. Ricketts Jr.

Trailblazing marine biologist, visionary conservationist, deep ecology philosopher, Edward F. Ricketts (1897–1948) has reached legendary status in the California mythos. A true polymath and a thinker ahead of his time, Ricketts was a scientist who worked in passionate collaboration with many of his friends—artists, writers, and influential intellectual figures—including, perhaps most famously, John Steinbeck, who once said that Ricketts's mind "had no horizons." This unprecedented collection, featuring previously unpublished pieces as well as others available for the first time in their original form, reflects the wide scope of Ricketts’s scientific, philosophical, and literary interests during the years he lived and worked on Cannery Row in Monterey, California. These writings, which together illuminate the evolution of Ricketts’s unique, holistic approach to science, include "Verbatim transcription of notes on the Gulf of California trip," the basic manuscript for Steinbeck’s and Ricketts’s Log from the Sea of Cortez; the essays "The Philosophy of Breaking Through" and "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry;" several shorter pieces on topics including collecting invertebrates and the impact of modernization on Mexican village life; and more. An engaging critical biography and a number of rare photographs offer a new and richly detailed view of Ricketts’s life.

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Univ of California Press

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0520932668

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9780520932661

Breaking Through

Essays, Journals, and Travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts

By: Edward Flanders Ricketts

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Essays, Journals, and Travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts

By: Edward Flanders Ricketts

This unprecedented collection, featuring previously unpublished pieces as well as others for the first time in their original from, reflects the wide scope of Ricketts's scientific philosophical, and literary interests during the years he lived and worked on Cannery Row in Monterey, California.

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0520247043

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Between Pacific Tides

Fifth Edition

By: Edward Flanders Ricketts,Jack Calvin,Joel Walker Hedgpeth,David W. Phillips

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Between Pacific Tides

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By: Edward Flanders Ricketts,Jack Calvin,Joel Walker Hedgpeth,David W. Phillips

One of the classic works of marine biology, a favorite for generations, has now been completely revised and expanded. Between Pacific Tides is a book for all who find the shore a place of excitement, wonder, and beauty, and an unsurpassed introductory text for both students and professionals. This book describes the habits and habitats of the animals that live in one of the most prolific life zones of the world--the rocky shores and tide pools of the Pacific Coast of the United States. The intricate and fascinating life processes of these creatures are described with affectionate care. The animals are grouped according to their most characteristic habitat, whether rocky shore, sandy beach, mud flat, or wharf piling, and the authors discuss their life history, physiology, and community relations, and the influence of wave shock and shifting tide level. Though the basic purpose and structure--and much of the text--of the book remain the same, content has been increased by about 20 percent; a multitude of changes and additios has been made in the text; the Annotated Systematic Index and General Bibliography have been updated and greatly expanded (now almost 2,300 entries); more than 200 new photographs and drawings have been incorporated; and an entirely new chapter has been added--a topical presentation of the several factors influencing distribution of organisms along the shore. This edition also includes John Steinbeck's Foreword to the 1948 edition.

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Stanford University Press

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0804720681

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9780804720687

Renaissance Man of Cannery Row

The Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts

By: Edward F. Ricketts

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The Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts

By: Edward F. Ricketts

Many of Rickett's letters discuss his studies of the Pacific littoral and his theories of "phalanx" and transcendence. Epistles to family members, often tender and humorous, add dimension and depth to Steinbeck's mythologized depictions of Ricketts." "Editor Katharine A. Rodger has enriched the correspondence with an introduction, a biographical essay, and a list of works cited. The book will be important for students of John Steinbeck and the development of 20th-century American fiction, as well as for those interested in the history of science, especially in the fields of marine biology and ecology."--Jacket.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817311726

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9780817311728

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 a Profile "About Ed Ricketts"

By: John Steinbeck,Edward Flanders Ricketts

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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 a Profile "About Ed Ricketts"

By: John Steinbeck,Edward Flanders Ricketts

This exciting day-by-day account of Steinbeck's trip to the Gulf of California with biologist Ed Ricketts, drawn from the longer Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-spirited adventure.

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Penguin Books

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0670001201

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9780670001200

Between Pacific Tides

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By: Edward Flanders Ricketts,Jack Calvin,Joel Walker Hedgpeth,David W. Phillips

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By: Edward Flanders Ricketts,Jack Calvin,Joel Walker Hedgpeth,David W. Phillips

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By: Edward F. Ricketts,Jack Calvin

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By: Edward F. Ricketts,Jack Calvin

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Breaking Through

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Between Pacific Tides

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Between Pacific Tides

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