The Inland Whale: Nine Stories Retold from California Indian Legends

Nine tales, selected and retold here by anthropologist and author Theodora Kroeber for the adult general-interest reader. The new foreword by her son, Karl Kroeber, provides context about the author's methods and describes his own personal connection to the stories themselves.

Author: Theodora Kroeber
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 12/05/2005
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.86w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780520246935

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 30735 / Inland Whale

About the Author
Theodora Kroeber (1897-1979) was a noted anthropologist and also the author of Ishi in Two Worlds (California). Karl Kroeber, son of Theodora Kroeber, is Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and coeditor of Ishi in Three Centuries (2002).