Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America

Berkeley, CA: University Of California Press. Very Good+. 1976. Deluxe, Illustrated Edition. Paperback. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows very mild rubbing to the self-wrapper covers; the expected hint of tanning to the text pages due to aging; a mild crease near the lower rear corner; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (10 x 7 x 0.75 inches). Bibliography. Index. Profusely illustrated with numerous color photographs and also many duotone photographs, maps, etc. Language: English. Weight: 22.2 ounces. Trade Paperback. First published in 1961, Ishi in Two Worlds tells the life story of the last known surviving member of the Yahi people, an indigenous community decimated by invasion and genocide at the hands of white settlers during the California Gold Rush. The man, whose real name we will never know, lived for decades in the Mount Lassen foothills of the Sierra Nevada before being captured by Americans near Oroville in 1911. Anthropologists at the University of California named him Ishi, the Yana word for man, and brought him to San Francisco where he spent the rest of his life detained at the University’s Museum of Anthropology under the custody of Alfred Louis Kroeber. Theodora Kroeber’s Ishi in Two Worlds offers an intimate glimpse into the remarkable life of a resilient man facing harrowing, unforgivable circumstances. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 262 pages. pages .