Though Steinbeck fans will not mind, this technique often throws the narrative out of focus. As he narrates the history of the sardine industry, Mangelsdorf inserts biographical details of Steinbeck and Ricketts when they fit into his chronology. The seams show when he blends into the history of the sardine fisheries, canneries, and reduction operations a dual biography of John Steinbeck and his best friend Edward Ricketts, the model for Doc in Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. In his History of Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, Tom Mangelsdorf combines all three, in a highly informative and con sistently interesting if not altogether seamless narrative.
216 pages, $29.95.) Monterey’sCannery Row has a three-fold interest-as a case of ecological destruction, as the setting of two novels and a long essay on Ed Ricketts by John Steinbeck (three novels, if you count the nearby Tortilla Flat), and as one of California’s leading tourist sites. (Santa Cruz: Western Tanager Press, 1986. Reviews 71 A History of Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:
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