Ishi's brain : in search of America's last "wild" Indian

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Book | First edition | Norton, New York : c2004.

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Branch	Call Number	Location	Holdable?	Status
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ISBN: 0393051331 (hc)
ISBN: 0393326985 :
Physical Description: 352 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.print
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Norton, c2004.
General Note: Pbk. ed. published 2005.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-333) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Trails to Ishi -- A "compromise between science and sentiment" -- The wild man of Deer Creek -- Ishi, Alfred, and Theodora -- Ishi's ancestors -- Oroville -- The destruction of the Yahi -- Niche 601 -- "Doctor Kroeber's pet buffalo" -- The paper trail -- The wet collection -- Aleš Hrdlička and the great brain hunt -- The Maidu go to Washington -- Lines of descent -- Ancestral gatherings -- Grizzly bear's hiding place -- The sacred fire -- Dersch meadow -- Vera's party.

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