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ISHI IN TWO WORLDS : A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
by Theodora Kroeber; (Lewis Gannett, Foreword)
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780520006751
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Berkeley, CA: Univ of California, 1961. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Archival Photographs. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/Fine. 1961 First Edition, Printing 30. Biography of Ishi (ca. 1860 - 1916), one of the Native Americans in Northern California to have lived most of his life without contact with Euro-American culture. Ishi literally means "man" in Yahi. This account by anthropologist Theodora Kroeber (1897 - 1979), who never met Ishi herself, is based on notes & comments of her anthropologist husband, Alfred L. Kroeber (1876 - 1960). This book was first published a year after Alfred Kroeber's death. 255 pgs w/archival photos, 10 chapters in 2 parts: Part I, Ishi the Yahi; and Part II, Mister Ishi, followed by Epilogue: Death in a Museum.
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- Title
- ISHI IN TWO WORLDS : A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
- Author
- Theodora Kroeber; (Lewis Gannett, Foreword)
- Illustrator
- Archival Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520006755
- ISBN 13
- 9780520006751
- Publisher
- Univ of California
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 255
- Keywords
- Biography, Ethnology, Native American Indians, Anthropology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology; Autobiography; Memoir;
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