About this title: A chronicle of the search for the truth about the life and death of a legendary Native American. This absorbing new portrait of Ishi, wild man of Deer Creek, museum curiosity, and last of his tribe, will appeal to anyone interested in Native America, a story of science and scandal, and the life and legend of California's most famous Indian.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780393051339ISBN:0393051331
Description: Good-Used in Good jacket. / 0393051331. First edition. Some wear to top of book. Dj has edgewear. Ships with confirming email and tracking number. 100% money back guarantee. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780393051339ISBN:0393051331
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new removable archival protector. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780393051339ISBN:0393051331
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Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780393051339ISBN:0393051331
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Uncorrected Proof. Scarce. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First edition first printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780393051339ISBN:0393051331
Description: As New in as new jacket. This is a nice clean copy, the binding is strong, The text is clean and pages are not torn or dirty. We provide fast and reliable shipping service. We started to sell on the internet in 1998. We ship from California. All our books are guaranteed. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W W NORTON & CO INC
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393326987ISBN:0393326985
Description: New. From the mountains of California to a forgotten steel vat at the Smithsonian, this "eloquent and soul-searching book" ("Lit") is "a compelling account of one of American anthropology's strangest, saddest chapters" ("Archaeology"). read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393326987ISBN:0393326985
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Description: Very good. An account of the last known member of the Yahi tribe of Northern California who was taken to San Francisco by UC Berkeley anthropologist Alfred Kroeber became a celebrity until his death in 1916. By the associate professor in the Department of C. read more
"I thought this book was great. It isn't necessarily a book about the man Ishi, but more about what his "missing body part" and its repatriation symbolized for Native Americans and Anthropologists alike.
Starn's writing is honest and unbiased, and his view of both science and Native California is unromantic - he is not afraid to admit that neither is completely innocent.
Most importantly for me, though, was Starn's treatment of modern-day, White America's ideas of what it means to be "Indian". Throughout the book he constantly reminds his readers that culture is NOT flat, rather it is fluid and dynamic - and while Ishi may have been (and perhaps still is) revered as being the last "wild" or "uncontaminated" Indian in the states, such a romantic ideal never really existed."
"This book is an incredible account of what happened to Ishi in California, and I really enjoyed the parts that were about Ishi himself - however, towards the end of the book, the author descends into a somewhat narcissistic account of his interaction with California tribes, which includes gossip and unrelated information. He should have ended the book 100 pages before he did."
"This book is so poorly written but full of things I want to know about. It is interesting enough for me to keep turning the pages. I wish there was more about Ishi though. The further the story goes, the lamer the book gets. This book bore such little information on the actual subject matter, but am still glad I got around to finishing it."
"An unusual (for me) foray into nonfiction. This one was recommended by a work friend, and it's very readable so far, even to little ol' fiction-oriented me."
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