Wild men : Ishi and Kroeber in the wilderness of modern America / Douglas C. Sackman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sackman, Douglas Cazaux, 1968-

Series:

New narratives in American history.

New narratives in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ishi, -1916.

Ishi.

Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960.

Kroeber, A. L.

Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960--Relations with Yana Indians.

Yana Indians--Biography.

Yana Indians.

Anthropologists--United States--Biography.

Anthropologists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In late August of 1911, from deep within the shadows of a remote canyon in northern California, an Indian of the Yahi people, long-believed to have disappeared, suddenly showed himself. A fugitive, he had hidden for decades from the lethal gaze of white intruders, keeping fires small and wiping the earth clean of his footprints. The sheriff took him into custody, and, having no better place for him, put him in the cell reserved for those who were not quite right in the head-the insane. The man soon aroused local and then national curiosity, and was christened the Wild Man or Wild Indian. Alfre

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE: One Small Step; One: THE YAHI IN THREE WORLDS; Two: THE ANTHROPOLOGIST IN THREE WORLDS; Three: "WORLDS OF STUFF"; Four: MAKING TRACKS; Five: CITY LIGHTS; Six: NATURE WALKS IN THE CITY AND THE SIERRAS; Seven: THE CALL OF THE WILD; Eight: DEATH MASK; EPILOGUE: The Hearth of Prometheus and the Wilderness of Ishi; AFTERWORD: Google Earth, Earthquake Weather; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612384448

0-19-974587-0

1-282-38444-9

0-19-974250-2

OCLC:

507435872