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This edition has been completely revised and losses a great deal of Ed Ricketts philosophy and heart. It does have the John Steinbeck?s forward to the third edition. But if you want to observe littoral life through Ed Ricketts? eyes at physical and metaphysical levels you need to read the third edition or earlier.
I still read Steinbeck?s introduction before I take a grandchild to the tide pools for the first time. ?Every new eye applied to the peep hole which looks out at the world may fish in some new beauty and some new pattern, and the world of the human mind must be enriched by such fishing.?
And from Ed Ricketts, ?In connection with Thais, a mild dissertation on birth control, prenatal care, and race suicide seems to be almost mandatory . . .? page 190, 3rd edition. Observations like this let you see the character behind Doc in "Cannery Row."
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In the Land of the Grasshopper Song: Two Women in the Klamath River Indian Country in 1908-09 by Mary Ellicot Arnold
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A must read for anyone who hopes to understand the Klamath River.Between Pacific Tides by Edward F Ricketts
Robert Ewing, November 15, 2006
This edition has been completely revised and losses a great deal of Ed Ricketts philosophy and heart. It does have the John Steinbeck?s forward to the third edition. But if you want to observe littoral life through Ed Ricketts? eyes at physical and metaphysical levels you need to read the third edition or earlier.I still read Steinbeck?s introduction before I take a grandchild to the tide pools for the first time. ?Every new eye applied to the peep hole which looks out at the world may fish in some new beauty and some new pattern, and the world of the human mind must be enriched by such fishing.?
And from Ed Ricketts, ?In connection with Thais, a mild dissertation on birth control, prenatal care, and race suicide seems to be almost mandatory . . .? page 190, 3rd edition. Observations like this let you see the character behind Doc in "Cannery Row."
(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)