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Winner of the 1961 Newbery Medal, this book tells the story of a girl left alone for eighteen years in the aftermath of violent encounters with Europeans on her home island off the coast of Southern California.

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"Exercising formidable rigors of forensic investigation while divulging some devilishness in the details of Island of the Blue Dolphins . . . editor Sara L. Schwebel delivers a veritable exegesis. She has produced a valuable and innovative work, a sort of literary autopsy." * Western Historical Quarterly *

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Composition of Island of the Blue Dolphins

Text of the First Edition of Island of the Blue Dolphins
Chapters Excised from Island of the Blue Dolphins Drafts
Commentary and Contextualization
Archaeology, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island
René L. Vellanoweth

A Counterstory of Native American Persistence
Carole Goldberg

Index

Island of the Blue Dolphins

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/10/2016
      ISBN13: 9780520289376, 978-0520289376
      ISBN10: 0520289374

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Winner of the 1961 Newbery Medal, this book tells the story of a girl left alone for eighteen years in the aftermath of violent encounters with Europeans on her home island off the coast of Southern California.

      Trade Review
      "Exercising formidable rigors of forensic investigation while divulging some devilishness in the details of Island of the Blue Dolphins . . . editor Sara L. Schwebel delivers a veritable exegesis. She has produced a valuable and innovative work, a sort of literary autopsy." * Western Historical Quarterly *

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Introduction
      Composition of Island of the Blue Dolphins

      Text of the First Edition of Island of the Blue Dolphins
      Chapters Excised from Island of the Blue Dolphins Drafts
      Commentary and Contextualization
      Archaeology, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island
      René L. Vellanoweth

      A Counterstory of Native American Persistence
      Carole Goldberg

      Index

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