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Author QuotedTheodora Kroeber
Title QuotedIshi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
Date (Year/Month/Day)1967/02/04
Imprint[S.l.] : [s.n.]. 1961
QuotationFinished Ishi. A moving book. The best and the worst in America comes out in it. The furious stupidity and violence of vigilantes and the warm, touching friendliness of scholars. And Ishi who is the "real America" - at least who has the valid claim to be the America that was created natural.
Quotation SourceLearning to love: exploring solitude and freedom. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 6, 1966-1967.; Edited by Christine M. Bochen. / [San Francisco] : HarperCollins. 1997, p. 191
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