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Title: A dead "classic"
Review: My son was given this book as a middle school assignment. My son is an avid reader and yet he fell asleep trying to read this. I tried to read Ishi in an attempt to help him through it and discovered that I (also an avid reader) couldn't slog through it either. The language is entirely too formal and (dare I say it?) stereotypical. In some ways, I felt as if I were watching a 1960's western.The subject matter is excellent, but this fictional treatment is dated and stale. It's time for a new one.
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