Sardines in Literature
As John Steinbeck’s popular novel Cannery Row turns fifty, reporter Bill Drummond explores the author’s passion for marine biology, and the ecological warning contained in this book. Steinbeck’s widow says her husband was among the first to foretell the collapse of California’s sardine fishery.
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