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The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

  • 284 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 1941
  • 36 editions
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1 About this book

The Log from the Sea of Cortez is an English-language book written by American author John Steinbeck and published in 1951. It details a six-week (March 11 – April 20) marine specimen-collecting boat expedition he made in 1940 at various sites in the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), with his friend, the marine biologist Ed Ricketts. It is regarded as one of Steinbeck's most important works of non-fiction chiefly because of the involvement of Ricketts, who shaped Steinbeck's thinking and provided the prototype for many of the pivotal characters in his fiction, and the insights it gives into the philosophies of the two men.

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Good for readers who want: a true life story and travel writing.

  • Biography & autobiography
  • Marine animals
  • Voyages and travels
  • Voyages
  • Adventure
  • Description and travel
  • Journeys
  • Travel

2 About John Steinbeck

1902–1968

John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist. He was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".

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