Wild men: Ishi and Kroeber in the wilderness of modern America
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1. Verfasser: Sackman, Douglas Cazaux (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2010
Schriftenreihe:New narratives in American history
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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
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ISBN:0199742502
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