Re: NANFA-- Fwd: nanfa V1 #1969

Steffen Hellner (steffen_at_hellner.biz)
Tue, 02 Mar 2004 15:06:56 +0100

Oh yes, I have read "The Grapes of Wrath" and if I remember right "Cannery
Row" as well (in English, of course!;-). Didn4t know he was into
Ichthyology. Thanks for the info.

Steffen

> Von: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
> Antworten an: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Datum: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 08:48:19 -0500
> An: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Betreff: Re: NANFA-- Fwd: nanfa V1 #1969
>
> Steinbeck wrote "The Grapes of Wrath", "East of Eden", "Cannery Row" and
> other novels set in the western U.S. from the 1930s-1950s. He also was
> involved with a biological collecting trip to the Sea of Cortez (Mexico) in
> the late 1940s and wrote an account which should be must-reading for anyone
> interested in aquatic ecology and politics that affect it.
>
> The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California is now on the
> site of much of Steinbeck's writing that dealt with the sardine fishing
> fleet and canning industry. Steinbeck himself was basically driven out of
> town in the early 1950s for showing too much sympathy to the factory
workers
> and union drives. I guess times have changed in Monterey...
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
>> From: Steffen Hellner <steffen_at_hellner.biz>
>> Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Fwd: nanfa V1 #1969
>> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:58:52 +0100
>>
>> Great writing! Who the f... is John Steinbeck? ;-)
>>
>> Steffen
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