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Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
Ishi in Two Worlds A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
Author: Theodora Kroeber
The 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, whe...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520229402
ISBN-10: 0520229401
Publication Date: 10/7/2002
Pages: 272
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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buzzby avatar reviewed Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America on + 6062 more book reviews
This is the classic, dare I say definitive, telling of the Ishi story. I read it long ago and it kept with me for quite a while. I remember being quite impressed how they could read the accounts of whites of contacts with Ishi's family before his "surrender" with Ishi's story later.
buzzby avatar reviewed Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America on + 6062 more book reviews
Originally written in 1961, published by UC Berkeley, this is considered by some to be the definitive account of Ishi. I read it 35 years ago, it was fascinating, the author was able to compare Ishi's stories to events from the settlers' point of view.


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