LCC
E99 Y23 K76 1968
Collection
Description
In the early 1900s a small band of California Indians in the Yahi tribe lived in concealment, resisting the fate that had all but wiped out their people -- violent death by the invading gold seekers and settlers. In time, members of the small group died, until there remained a single survivor -- the man who became known as Ishi. This book tells the haunting, heroic story of Ishi -- the boy, the man, the lone survivor of his tribe.
Publication
PLON, 1968, French edition of: "Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America." Terre Humaine/Poche, Civilisations et Societies Collection D'Etudes.
Awards
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1966-1967)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 1965-1966)
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