Get this audio book:
Learn More About
Find More Titles by
|
Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
|
|
|
|
Title Details
Description
The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Ishi stumbled into the 20th 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 slaughterhouse 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.
People Who Liked Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America Also Liked These Titles: