Renaissance Man of Cannery Row: The Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts

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Ed Ricketts in Chicago, prior to his 1922 marriage to Nan. Albert E. Galigher, Ed Ricketts, and their wives and sons in 1924, when the two men opened Paci¤c Biological Laboratories in Paci¤c Grove, California. The Ricketts Family, mid 1930s. Left to right: Ed Jr., Nan, Ed Sr., Cornelia, Nancy Jane. Ed Ricketts working with specimens collected in Sitka, Alaska, during a 1932 trip with Joseph Campbell. Joseph Campbell (center), Ricketts (far right), and others on Calvin’s boat, the Grampus, during a 1932 collecting trip to Sitka, Alaska. Ed Ricketts in Sitka, Alaska, 1932. Ed Ricketts with Xenia Cage in Sitka, Alaska, 1932. Ritch and Tal Lovejoy playing in the backyard of the Steinbecks’ house in Paci¤c Grove, California, mid 1930s. Their game in this instance was dubbed "Eviction Brings Sorrow." Ricketts and Tal Lovejoy in the backyard of the Steinbecks’ house in Paci¤c Grove, California, mid 1930s. Paci¤c Biological Laboratories, 1930s. Paci¤c Biological Laboratories burning during waterfront ¤re, November 25, 1936. Photo originally appeared in Monterey Peninsula Herald. The Western Flyer returning to Monterey Bay after the Sea of Cortez expedition, April 1940. Left to right: two Mexican hunting guides, John Steinbeck, and Ed Ricketts in Puerto Escondido during the Sea of Cortez expedition, 1940. Photo courtesy of Toni Volcani. Ed Ricketts, circa 1941. Ed Ricketts’s mother, Alice Ricketts, Ed Ricketts Sr., and Ed Ricketts Jr., circa 1941. Toni Jackson and Ed Ricketts, mid 1940s. Ed Ricketts and his brother-in-law Fred Strong, circa 1943, in the living room of Strong’s Carmel house. Ed Ricketts and Toni Jackson, Queen Charlotte Islands, 1946. Toni Jackson, Kay Jackson, and Ed Ricketts Jr. at Paci¤c Biological Laboratories , circa 1946. Ed Ricketts in Monterey a few months before his death. ...