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Wild men : Ishi and Kroeber in the wilderness of modern America
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"... focus[es] on the depth of Ishi and Kroeber's friendship, exploring what their intertwined stories tell us about Indian survival in modern America and about America's fascination with the wild ...
"... focus[es] on the depth of Ishi and Kroeber's friendship, exploring what their intertwined stories tell us about Indian survival in modern America and about America's fascination with the wild even as it was becoming ever-more urban and modern"--Jacket.
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- Creator
- Douglas C. Sackman
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780195178524, 1282384449, 0199742502, 0195178521, 019517853X, 9786612384448, 0199745870, 9780195178531
- OCLC
- ocn507435872, ocn317473129
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Prologue: One small step -- The Yahi in three worlds -- The anthropologist in three worlds -- "Worlds of stuff" -- Making tracks -- City lights -- Nature walks in the city and the Sierras -- The call of the wild -- Death mask -- Epilogue: The hearth of Prometheus and the wilderness of Ishi -- Afterword: Google Earth, earthquake weather