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Ishi in Two Worlds, 50th Anniversary Edition: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America - Theodora Kroeber
Ishi in Two Worlds, 50th Anniversary Edition: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
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OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLDThe life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. For more than forty years, Theodora Kroeber's biography has been sharing this tragic and absorbing drama with readers all over the... show more
OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLDThe life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. For more than forty years, Theodora Kroeber's biography has been sharing this tragic and absorbing drama with readers all over the world.Ishi stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and with terror of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughter house near Oroville, California. Finally identified as an Indian by an anthropologist, Ishi was brought to San Francisco by Professor T. T. Waterman and lived there the rest of his life under the care and protection of Alfred Kroeber and the staff of the University of California's Museum of Anthropology.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780520271470 (0520271475)
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
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Hipster Ariel's Literary Grotto
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3.5 Why Isn't This Required Reading in High School?!
I already knew the basics of the story of Ishi, but this book really opened me up to a lot of different things. For one, I was shocked at how many tribes were obliterated in California during Westerners' short time there. It actually turned my stomach at a couple points. For another, I found it ...
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4.0 Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
Ishi, the last "wild" Yahi Indian, stumbles into the modern world of post-Gold-Rush California after 12 years of hiding with the remnant of his people. He fully expects to be killed, but he is desperate and tired of running ... alone. Luckily, he's adopted by 2 men who are interested in linguistics,...
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