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The Log from the Sea of Cortez (Penguin Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: John Steinbeck
Creator: Richard Astro
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Category: Book
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 54125
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0140187448
Dewey Decimal Number: 508.31641
EAN: 9780140187441
ASIN: 0140187448
Publication Date: November 1, 1995
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Condition: NOTE PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASE!! Good **earlier penguin paperback** -- EXACTLY THE SAME CONTENT, Aside from newer introduction/forward, smaller book than pictured, -nice book- cover has very minor shelf wear at tips of corners and corner curl, remnants of one sticker and one spine crease, slight age tan - No personalizations, No marks in the text at all. Tight and well bound. Ships Quickly - IN STOCK - Satisfaction guaranteed!
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Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americas greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readersand to the many who revisit them again and again.
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 To accompany the Experience May 5, 2008
Review - John Steinbeck "The Log from the Sea of Cortez"
Our Once-in-a-Lifetime trip driving through Baja would not have been complete without this work. While not the Steinbeck to which most of us are familiar, this work shows us his dedication to our Planet and rare personal insight to his feelings on everything from War to Ecology, a term most of us learned in the 1960's and what he "is" in 1940.
We read this book, each passenger to the driver, while passing miles of small towns, ejitos, military checkpoints and Cities. Under a Palapa sitting in a hammock... a great way to pass the time on the beach; On the Sea of Cortez.
Redundant as Logs are wont to be, and a great resource for those studying tide pools. His stories about meeting the people were our favorite parts of the Log; we relate in a more informed way to the Ways of the people in the areas he traveled, as we traveled.
Look for the Hansen Sea Cow... July 30, 2007
This is a classic book that is the synergy between two very different people. By the time you finish this, you will find you really like them... and wish you could have spent some time with them as well.
The science in the entire book is pretty good too.
 The Log from the Sea of Cortez March 22, 2007
The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck is the story of a group of men on a journey through the Gulf of California with the plan to study the marine organisms that lived there, but they ended up studying a lot more. As the book was written by a writer and not a scientist the scientific side is seen through a different angle. Amongst all of the stops to collect specimens are thrown Steinbeck's tangents about the ideas of the world, the way that people behave, and philosophical ideas.
Throughout the journey of the Western Flyer the company made many stops along the coast of the Baja peninsula and along mainland Mexico. At each one of these stops Steinbeck tells of the collecting and the names of the different organisms along with the environments that they lived in. Steinbeck does a careful job of describing the animals and plants and using their scientific names in order to make the book useful for scientific purposes.
The journey also contains many stops in the towns and cities that border the Gulf. At each one of these stops Steinbeck gives a detailed account of their experience and a description of the people and their culture. One feels like he is actually traveling through Mexico and meeting the people while reading the book.
 The Log From the Sea of Cortez March 4, 2007
This book is about a small crew of men, most of which are scientists. They rent a boat and set sail off the coast of California. They travel all over the sea on the coast of California and Mexico, in the Sea of Cortez. The point of this voyage is not for mere joy, it is for collecting, observing, and preserving species that inhabit the sea. The focus on the interdial zone for the most part.
This book documents the journey and all the adventures that take place. One of my favorite quotes from the book is " the reports of Biologists are the measure, not of science, but of the men themselves". These men took the time to log everything that they did. They were meticulous in their gathering, and studying.
This book is not just about the species they collected. It is about the men and the things they learned along the journey. They learned to slow down and actually look at life. They were able to ponder all kinds of life, theirs and those of land and sea. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about themselves and the adventures that can occur while doing research.
Journal of travel and research February 24, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This nonfiction book is an account of a research/specimen collecting trip Steinbeck made with his friend and marine biologist Edward Ricketts off the coast of Baja California in 1940. They rent a boat, a purse-seiner called the "Western Flyer," stock her with supplies, hire a crew, and set sail on the afternoon of March 11, 1940.
The raison d'etre of the trip is collecting sea specimens, but Steinbeck is interested in more than just recording scientific data. The men go ashore at various ports along the way, and encounters with other men are related (in one, the inspiration for what later became THE PEARL is told). Both Ricketts and Steinbeck have a philosophical bent, and they discuss in detail teleological vs. nonteleological ways of interpreting the world. Likewise, ecology and their theory that everything in nature has its place and makes a contribution to the whole world system is examined. Both men enjoy drinking, and that becomes a topic of conversation at one point. It's plain from Steinbeck's writing that they are having a good time in addition to the successful collecting. At one stop, at which they are given an icy welcome, they believe they've come amongst gun smugglers. The trip comes to a happy end on April 13 as they head for Monterey Bay and home.
The books initial publication coincided with the attack on Pearl Harbor and was virtually forgotten. Only recently have critics studied the book carefully, especially in terms of what it has to say about the environment. Regardless of that, the book is entertaining and informative. His prose is at times lyrical, at other times outright funny (after talking to other boat captains over the radio about how much fish was caught, he says after they found out they were on a collecting mission the other boats paid no attention to them: "We were obviously ridiculous"). Included is Steinbeck's lengthy and lively biographical portrait of Ricketts, who was killed in a train accident. Worth checking out.
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