Buy this book on-line Starn, Orin : Ishi's Brain: In Search Of America's Last Wild IndianW. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2004 ISBN 9780393326987
352pp. Contents: Trails to Ishi -- A "compromise between science and sentiment" --The wild man of Deer Creek -- Ishi, Alfred, and Theodora -- Ishi’s ancestors -- Oroville -- The destruction of the Yahi -- Niche 601 -- " Doctor Kroeber’s pet buffalo" -- The paper trail -- The wet collection -- AlesÌŒ HrdlicÌŒka and the great brain hunt -- The Maidu go to Washington --Lines of descent -- Ancestral gatherings -- Grizzly bear’s hiding place -- The sacred fire -- Dersch meadow -- Vera’s party. After the Yahi were massacred in the mid-nineteenth century, Ishi survived alone for decades in the mountains of northern California. His capture in 1911 made him a nation sensation; anthropologist Alfred Kroeber declared him the world's most uncivilized man and hade Ishi a living exhibit in his museum. He died from tuberculosis, 8vo, Fine with no DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Starn, Orin : Ishi's Brain: In Search Of America's Last Wild Indian. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, libri rari, antiquarian books, out-of-print books and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |