Ishi in Two Worlds

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"The warmth and understanding with which Ishi's story is told give this book its special quality. It can, I think, without exaggeration, be called one of the great American stories, a contribution not only to our history but to our literature."
— Lewis Gannett in the Foreword
"A most remarkable biography It is also a real source book of central California ethnology and a detailed record of this example of acculturation which is in most respects without equal in today's anthropological literature." — American Anthropologist
"A book that all Americans should read." — New York Times
"A highly original literary work and a great human story it is one of the most stirring and fascinating books this season."
— San Francisco Chronicle
"The story of Ishi is indescribably sad. Theodora Kroeber has told it concisely, factually, sympathetically, and beautifully. She has avoided the excesses of pathos or condemnation to which such a story lends itself. The book is one of the most... Tovább

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"The warmth and understanding with which Ishi's story is told give this book its special quality. It can, I think, without exaggeration, be called one of the great American stories, a contribution not only to our history but to our literature."
— Lewis Gannett in the Foreword
"A most remarkable biography It is also a real source book of central California ethnology and a detailed record of this example of acculturation which is in most respects without equal in today's anthropological literature." — American Anthropologist
"A book that all Americans should read." — New York Times
"A highly original literary work and a great human story it is one of the most stirring and fascinating books this season."
— San Francisco Chronicle
"The story of Ishi is indescribably sad. Theodora Kroeber has told it concisely, factually, sympathetically, and beautifully. She has avoided the excesses of pathos or condemnation to which such a story lends itself. The book is one of the most fascinating ones about Indians I have ever read."
— Ethnohistory
"Let me put it to you in these terms: If you read no other book this year, you must read this one Mrs. Kroeber's portrait of Ishi is so beautifully done. It is a biography of the first order: no hint of false sentimentality, no romanticizing." — Los Angeles Times
"Highly recommended." — The New Yorker
"This magnificent biography of the lone survivor of the Yahi Indians shows man at his best." — San Francisco Examiner
"Ishi's story is one of the most remarkable in the annals of Indians on this continent, and Mrs. Kroeber tells it with an integrity and insight that raises it to the level of history which is also art."
— Washington, D. C. Post Times & Herald "This book is remarkably lively and interesting anthropology."
— Atlantic Monthly
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley, California 94720
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