Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America (Audiobook)

from deusvitae

The tragic yet revelatory story of Ishi, the last of the Yahi, the last documented Indigenous person to live in the wild in the United States. The author was married to one of the men who worked intensively with Ishi when he descended from the mountains, alone and starving, in 1911. The author b...

from keylawk

In 1911, at the age of 40, 5'8", with unlimited endurance and no scars, and with teeth in excellent condition, and sweet breath and plucked facial hair, Ishi stepped from the Stone Age of the Yahi Yana into the display cases of the Museum of Anthropology in UC Berkeley. He died March 25, 1916. So...

from LivelyLady

Bought this little book at a national park visitor center out west visiting the land that ISHI was from. The book is a re-release and does show its age in its composition. With that being said, it is still informative and interesting. ISHI was the last of his tribe and showed up in a town in 1911...

from pjsullivan

Countless native Americans were hounded to death by settlers from back east, in the name of "Manifest Destiny." This is the story of one who survived--barely. Ishi's people were all dead, mostly from genocide, when he stumbled into the white man's world in 1911, fearful and half dead from hunger ...

from MrsLee

Very interesting, but incredibly sad.