The Links Between Cannery Row on Monterey Bay, Hood Canal and the PNW

Description

The Links Between Cannery Row on Monterey Bay, Hood Canal and the PNW

Calling all Hood Canal residents, history buffs, ecologists, English majors, fishermen and boaters. The unexplored links between Cannery Row on Monterey Bay, California, pioneering ecologist and marine biologist Ed Ricketts, novelist John Steinbeck, Hood Canal and the fishing boat the Western Flyer (built in Tacoma in 1937 and being restored in Port Townsend) will be revealed in a presentation on January 26 at 3pm at the Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club Clubhouse by historian Michael Kenneth Hemp. He will discuss the 4th edition of his book, Cannery Row: The History of John Steinbeck's Old Ocean View Avenue and Its Connections to the Pacific Northwest. The book will be for sale for $29.95 after the presentation.