(less) New trade paperback 50th Anniversary edition, as issued without dust jacket. 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. Now recent advances in technology make it possible to return to print the. 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. For more than forty years, Theodora Kroebers biography has captivated readers. Finally identified as a Yahi by an anthropologist, Ishi was brought to San Francisco by Professor T.

Now recent advances in technology make it possible to return to print the 1976 deluxe edition, filled with plates. 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. For more than forty years, Theodora Kroebers biography has captivated readers. Written by American author Theodora Kroeber. For more than forty years, Theodora Kroeber's biography has captivated readers. Ishi in Two Worlds is a biographical account of Ishi, the last known member of the Yahi Native American people.

The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology.

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