Ishi in Two Worlds, Theodora Kroeber
Ishi in Two Worlds, Theodora Kroeber
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Ishi in Two Worlds
A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America

Author: Theodora Kroeber, Karl Kroeber

Narrator: Lorna Raver

Unabridged: 10 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/24/2009


Synopsis

The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Ishi stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and terrified of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughterhouse near Oroville, California. Finally identified as a Yahi by an anthropologist, Ishi was brought to San Francisco by Professor T. T. Waterman and lived there the rest of his life under the care and protection of Alfred Kroeber and the staff of the University of California's Museum of Anthropology.

About Theodora Kroeber

Theodora Kroeber (1897–1979), wife of Alfred Louis Kroeber, is also the author of The Inland Whale and coeditor of Ishi the Last Yahi: A Documentary History.

About Lorna Raver

Lorna Raver, named one of AudioFile magazine’s Best Voices of the Year, has received numerous Audie nominations and AudioFile Earphones Awards. An experienced stage actress, she has also guest-starred on many top television series and starred in director Sam Raimi’s film Drag Me to Hell. Among her many Blackstone titles are The Age of Innocence, Up from Orchard Street, The Lodger, Selected Readings from the Portable Dorothy Parker, and Diamond Ruby.

About Karl Kroeber

Karl Kroeber, son of Theodora Kroeber, is Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and coeditor of Ishi in Three Centuries.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin

By the year 1872, the “mountain Indians” of Northern California were believed to be extinct—wiped out by civilian militia, government soldiers, starvation, and disease. In August of 1911 an emaciated, disoriented, naked, Native American man was discovered in a slaughterhouse corral near Oroville, Ca......more

Goodreads review by Allison

A very informative, short and human story of an ongoing tragedy. I learned a lot that makes a lot of what I know about California make a bit more sense, and an excellent counterpoint to the cowboys and Indians narratives popular from my childhood. Sad, loving, and clear-eyed.......more


Quotes

“Ishi’s story is one of the most remarkable in the annals of Indians on this continent, and Mrs. Kroeber…tells it with an integrity and insight that raises it to the level of history that is also art.” Washington Post

“One of the most moving, tragic, and ultimately triumphant human stories I have ever read…If you read no other book this year, you must read this one.” Los Angeles Times

“This magnificent biography of the lone survivor of the Yahi Indians shows man at his best.” San Francisco Examiner