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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/25/19 1:21 PM, Jochen Fromm
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<div dir="auto">I've read Cannery Row and liked it. I like the
books from Steinbeck in general. What is the name of the
biography from the Doc? "Beyond the Outer Shores" ? Is it
recommendable? <br>
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<div>From: Steven A Smith <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sasmyth@swcp.com"><sasmyth@swcp.com></a> </div>
<div>Date: 10/25/19 16:53 (GMT+01:00) </div>
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<div>Subject: Re: [FRIAM] John Steinbeck in the 21st century </div>
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<div>...On a recent pleasure/work trip I *re*visited Monterrey
CA and Cannery Row which lead me to *re*read Steinbeck's
Cannery Row which lead me to read something of a biography of
the Doc character in his novel (and the movie) for whom the
prototype was Ed Ricketts...</div>
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<p dir="auto">Beyond the Outer Shores was written roughly 15 years
ago, recounting Ricketts' life and career. I knew that
Steinbeck was a good friend of Ricketts but I was not aware of
how much work they did together, including a summer of kayaking
in the Sea of Cortez which yielded the data for the book they
co-authored by the name "Sea of Cortez". I was also unaware
that Joseph Campbell spent his formative (adult) years in the
company of both of these mens (and more to the point,
Ricketts). The author of this biography credits Ricketts as
being highly influential in the work of both Steinbeck (beyond
Cannery Row) and Campbell, and credits him with leading the
transition from traditional biology focused on taxonomic
approaches to identification of collected specimens. Ricketts
approached collecting and identifying (mostly marine) species as
well as writing them up in his famous trilogy on the topic in
the context of a newly emergent field of "ecology". He was
simultaneously under-appreciated due to his lack of formal
education, his lack of academic affiliation whilst also being a
highly prolific commercial collector/supplier of specimens to
the same community while identifying a huge number of new
species (perhaps only recognizing the subtle differences based
on habitat and foodweb relations) within his purview (the range
of the Pacific coast along the North American coast from Bering
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<div dir="auto">I recently stumbled upon John Steinbeck's
classic novel "The Grapes of Wrath" and wonder if it is
similar to the situation today. You will all know it since it
is often read in High Schools, right? (I had to read Goethe in
School. And "Animal Farm" plus "To kill a Mocking Bird" in the
English class).</div>
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<div dir="auto">As you know Steinbeck describes how migrants
from Oklahoma called Okies look for a better life in
California. They travel along the Route 66, which Steinbeck
helped to make popular, passed Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and
drove to the West until they arrived in California where the
locals disliked and rejected them.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Today we have migrants from Cuba and Mexico
looking for a better life in the US and refugees from Syria
and Afghanistan who cause a lot of trouble in the EU. Many of
these refugees and migrants live in camps, just like the ones
Steinbeck visited. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Steinbeck's novel takes place during the "Dust
Bowl". Today the dry regions in the South suffer from droughts
and wild fires caused by Climate Change worldwide. Everything
sounds similar, as if history is repeating itself. </div>
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moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-dust-bowl</a></div>
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