Ishi's Brain by Orin Starn

Ishi's Brain by Orin Starn

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From the mountains of California to a forgotten steel vat at the Smithsonian, this "eloquent and soul-searching book" (Lit) is "a compelling account of one of American anthropology's strangest, saddest chapters" (Archaeology).

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Ishi's Brain by Orin Starn

After the Yahi were massacred in the mid-nineteenth century, Ishi survived alone for decades in the mountains of northern California, wearing skins and hunting with bow and arrow. His capture in 1911 made him a national sensation; anthropologist Alfred Kroeber declared him the world's most uncivilized man and made Ishi a living exhibit in his museum. Thousands came to see the displaced Indian before his death, of tuberculosis. Ishi's Brain follows Orin Starn's gripping quest for the remains of the last of the Yahi.
Orin Starn is a professor in Duke University’s cultural anthropology department and has written for many years about Peru.
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ISBN 13 9780393326987
ISBN 10 0393326985
Title Ishi's Brain
Author Orin Starn
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 2005-06-20
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.