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Two Toms: Lessons from a Shoshone Doctor
Johnson, Thomas H., Johnson, Helen S.
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Description for Two Toms: Lessons from a Shoshone Doctor
Paperback. Presented as an engaging narrative, "Two Toms"reveals details about the Shoshone culture and it chronicles the story of the friendship between a Tom Johnson, a young anthropologist, and Tom Wesaw, an 83-year-old Shoshone doctor and religious leader on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming." Num Pages: 90 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
In 1969, Tom Wesaw was an 83-year-old Shoshone doctor and religious leader on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. He could no longer drive, which posed problems in making house calls. The arrival of young anthropologist Tom Johnson changed that. Johnson would drive Wesaw, and cook, pump water, and build fires for sweat lodges. In exchange, the elder Tom would show the younger Tom his work. The two were together so often that the people of Wind River began to refer to them affectionately by one name: Two Toms. By the light of the lamp Wesaw gave him, Johnson would ... Read more
In 1969, Tom Wesaw was an 83-year-old Shoshone doctor and religious leader on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. He could no longer drive, which posed problems in making house calls. The arrival of young anthropologist Tom Johnson changed that. Johnson would drive Wesaw, and cook, pump water, and build fires for sweat lodges. In exchange, the elder Tom would show the younger Tom his work. The two were together so often that the people of Wind River began to refer to them affectionately by one name: Two Toms. By the light of the lamp Wesaw gave him, Johnson would ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607810902
SKU
V9781607810902
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Ref
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About Johnson, Thomas H., Johnson, Helen S.
Thomas H. Johnson is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Steven's Point. Helen S. Johnson assisted Thomas with fieldwork on the Wind River Reservation and is co-author of Also Called Sacajawea: Chief Woman's Stolen Identity.
Reviews for Two Toms: Lessons from a Shoshone Doctor
“This is a gentle book, yet it contains powerful descriptions of traditions and life among the Eastern Shoshone Indians. The dialogue epitomizes the Shoshone way of teaching and the authors should be justly proud of capturing the spirit of culture in this manner.”—Henry E. Stamm IV, Idaho State University "An engaging memoir...highly readable. The authors do not ... Read more