Ishi in two worlds: a biography of the last wild Indian in North America
Biography, United States history
Human-narrated audio
Summary
In 1911, Ishi, the lone survivor of the Yahi people, was found outside of a slaughterhouse in Oroville, California. Starving, exhausted, and speaking no English, Ishi had abandoned his tribal home in the foothills in the Sierra Nevada to survive.… This is an account of his life – before he was found, and afterward, where he lived out the rest of his life in a museum, under the guardianship of an anthropologist
Title Details
ISBN
9780520006751
Publisher
University of California Press
Copyright Date
1961
Book number
5150114
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Mary Lovell
Duration
9 hours 45 minutes 57 seconds
Audio producer
NLS