The Log from the Sea of Cortez
Reeks: Penguin Modern Classics
John Steinbeck
- In
- 1940
- Steinbeck
- sailed
- in
- a
- sardine
- boat
- with
- his
- great
- friend
- the
- marine
- biologist,
- Ed
- Ricketts,
- to
- collect
- marine
- invertebrates
- from
- the
- beaches
- of
- the
- Gulf
- of
- California.
- The
- expedition
- was
- described
- by
- the
- two
- men
- in
- SEA
- OF
- CORTEZ,
- published
- in
- 1941.
- The
- day-to-day
- story
- of
- the
- trip
- is
- told
- here
- in
- the
- Log,
- which
- combines
- science,
- philosophy
- and
- high-spirited
- adventure.
- An
- exhilarating
- and
- highly
- entertaining read.
