Renaissance Man of Cannery Row: The Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts (Alabama Fire Ant)
"The letters do not disappoint. They are especially rich in the type of free-ranging discourse on art, literature, and music that attracted Ricketts's coterie, as well as in his special qualities as a friend, chief among them his self-deprecating humor and his deep and compassionate interest in the problems and motivations of others."--Susan Beegel, coauthor ofSteinbeck and the Environmentand editor ofThe Hemingway Review