The Log From the Sea of Cortez Orion Children's Books Uncommon Type is a book

Uncommon Type is a book that will delight as well as surprise his millions of fans

the young journalist and future author of Quo Vadis

and sense there is something he urgently has to do

Their journey will take them to a place of terrible beauty and violence

ancient evil stirs beneath the earth

The Log From the Sea of Cortez Orion Children's Books Uncommon Type is a bookIn 1940 Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California. The expedition was described by the two men in SEA OF CORTEZ, published in 1941. The day to day story of the trip is told here in the Log, which combines science, philosophy and high spirited adventure. An exhilarating and highly entertaining read.