He co-wrote "Sea of Cortez" with marine biologist Edward Ricketts, the model for Doc in "Cannery Row"
In 1940 Ricketts and Steinbeck journeyed to the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of 
California) in a... [DOC] [TLE] John Steinbeck's Pacific Grove: Ricketts' Biography - 93950.com [PAR] May 8, 2009 ... Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts was born on May 14, 1897 on the northwest ... at 
a dentist's office in About Ed Ricketts in The Log from the Sea of Cortez .