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Summary: In March 1940, a journey taken by John Steinbeck and his friend, marine biologist Ed Ricketts, down the coast of California, expanded from a trip meant to document the creatures that inhabit the shallow water and tide pools on the margins of the Sea of Cortez into a large philosophical exploration of mankind's relationship to the natural world. This documentary considers how that journey can...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JOU

Steinbeck, John

Summary: 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. Annotation. In 1940, Steinbeck and his friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, ventured into the Gulf of California to search for marine invertebrates along the beaches. This...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1995

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.3164 Stein

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