Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
ISBN 13 | 9780195178524 |
ISBN 10 | 0195178521 |
Author | Douglas Cazaux Sackman |
Book Format | Hardcover |
Language | English |
Book Description | When Ishi, "the last wild Indian," came out of hiding in August of 1911, he was quickly whisked away by train to San Francisco to meet Alfred Kroeber, one of the fathers of American anthropology. When Kroeber and Ishi came face to face, it was a mome |
About the Author | Douglas Cazaux Sackman is a professor of history at the University of Puget Sound and is the author of Orange Empire: California and the Fruits of Eden and the editor of A Companion to American Environmental History (forthcoming). |
Publication Date | 2010-01-14 |
Number of Pages | 384 pages |
Wild Men: Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern America
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