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A Sea of Cortez Reading List
Dick Gordon talked with marine ecologist Rafe Sagarin on February 13, 2007 about one of the scientists who has most inspired him: Ed Ricketts. Below is a list of books by and about the biologist.
- "The Log from the Sea of Cortez"
John SteinbeckA narrative account of the 1940 expedition in the Sea of Cortez. Steinbeck and Ricketts collaborated on the writing.
"Between Pacific Tides"
Edward F. Ricketts and Jack Calvin
Rickett's influential textbook in the field of marine ecology."Breaking Through: Essays, Journals, and Travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts"
Edited by Katharine A. Rodger
A 2006 collection of Ricketts writings on philosophy, art and science."Beyond the Outer Shores: The Untold Odyssey of Ed Ricketts, the Pioneering Ecologist who Inspired John Steinbeck and Joseph Campbell
Eric Enno Tamm
A 2004 biography."Cannery Row"
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck's 1945 novel inspired by the tide pools Ed Ricketts studied.
