About this title: The life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Kroeber adds an informative tribute to the text, describing how the book came to be and how Kroeber's approach to the project was a product of her era and of her insight and empathy. Photos.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Univ of California Pr, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1961
Description: Fair. No Jacket as Issued. Wear and toning to the covers. Previous owners name on the front page. Some highlightings. Staining to the edges. A good reading copy. read more
Edition: Reprint. 12th Printing.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 262 p., [12] leaves of plates: ill.; 27 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plates. Clean & unmarked inside. A fair amount of wear to covers/spine including several creases, rough edges, slightly bent corners, light scratches etc. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [253]-259. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN-13:9780520006751ISBN:0520006755
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Countless native Americans were hounded to death by settlers from back east, in the name of "Manifest Destiny." This is the story of one who survived-barely. Ishi's people were all dead, mostly from genocide, when he stumbled into the white man's world in 1911, fearful and half dead from hunger and exhaustion. He knew no English, only Stone Age survival skills. He was enough of a novelty to find help and acceptance, becoming a kind of resident freak in an anthropology museum in San Francisco. The Wild Man of Oroville, people called him. Naturally he was perplexed by the strange new world he found himself in, and some people treated him like a child, but you've got to admire him. He was a survivor, and his way of life, unlike ours, was sustainable. Did he have more to teach us than we to teach him? A sad tale that all Americans should read, because Ishi's tragedy was repeated so many times in our history."
"Heartbreaking. Intimate. Brutal. Compassionate. I am starting to read more anthro by women and it is amazing how often rape and sexual issues are addressed in comparison to make anthro writers - so far as my foray's into these tropics... Definitely important for Norther Californians to read."
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