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    Doc was based on a person in real life but what about Mack and the boys?

    Question #109423. Asked by unclerick. (Oct 04 09 8:38 AM)


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    		I can find no evidence that Mack and the Boys are based on real-life people in Steinbeck's life.

    The link below takes great measure to identify the inspiration for Doc- but alas not Mack and his friends:

    The character of Doc is based on Steinbeck's friend Ed Ricketts, to whom he also dedicated the novel. Ricketts is a noted marine biologist and was the one who got Steinbeck interested in the subject. Doc's Western Biological Laboratory is a reference to Rickett's real Pacific Biological Laboratories, which stood at 800 Cannery Row from 1928 to 1948.

    http://www.gradesaver.com/cannery-row/wikipedia/characters/

    Perhaps another FT expert has a better answer?

    Oct 04 09, 8:55 AM

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