Even though Steinbeck presented the essays to various publishers on behalf of Ricketts, only one was ever published in his lifetime: the first essay appears (without attribution) in a chapter titled "Non-Teleological Thinking" in "The Log From the Sea of Cortez." [https://web.archive.org/web/20070625165718/http://holisticbiology.stanford.edu/philosophy.html] All of his major essays, along with other shorter works were published in "The Outer Shores, vols. 1 and 2", edited by Joel Hedgpeth, and with additional biographical commentary also by Hedgpeth. Much of this material appears in Katharine Rodger's book, "Breaking Through: Essays, Journals, and Travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts" (2006).