Ishi in Two Worlds

The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. For more than forty years, Theodora Kroeber's biography has captivated readers. Now recent advances in technology make it possible to return to print the 1976 deluxe edition, filled with plates and historic photographs that enhance Ishi's story and bring it to life. Ishi stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and terrified of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughter house near Oroville, California. Finally identified as a Yahi 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. Karl Kroeber adds an informative tribute to the text, describing how the book came to be written and how Theodora Kroeber's approach to the project was a product of both her era and her special personal insight and empathy.

ISBN 0520240375   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780520240377 (What's this?)   Pages 286 Publisher University of California Press   Volumes 1 Imprint University of California Press   Weight (grammes) 771 Format Paperback   Published in Berkerley Publication date 15 Nov 2004   Height (mm) 254 Writer of foreword Karl Kroeber   Width (mm) 178 Library of Congress 2004048090   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY 979.40049757   Academic level General

"Ishi's story is one of the most remarkable in the annals of Indians on this continent, and Mrs. Kroeber. . . tells it with an integrity and insight that raises it to the level of history that is also art."--"Washington Post

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