Ship Fever and Other Stories Study Guide

Antonia's husband, Richard, had passed out copies of Gregor Mendel's "famous paper on the hybridization of edible peas" to his sophomore genetics class for the past thirty years. He would tell them that the paper was a model of clarity, representing all that science should be. He'd pace in front of them, speaking easily. He is sensitive about his left hand for he had been born hexadactylic and had the extra finger removed in a childhood operation. (read more)