Handbook of Yokuts Indians by Frank F. Latta

Published by Bear State Books, Santa Cruz, CA. 1977 Second Edition, revised and enlarged, limited to 5000 copies. SIGNED by the Latta Family Trust for the California Dept of Fish and Wildlife, in the authors hand on the half title page. Illustrated by Joe Rodriquez. Hardbound in green cloth with embossed gilt printing on the front cover and spine, 10.25" x 7.25", map endpapers, 765 pages. Illustrated throughout with historic b&w photographs. VERY GOOD Condition: covers show a touch of wear to the extremities, a few tiny droplet stains to the bottom edge of the closed book, lightly affecting the bottom margins of a handful of inner pages, otherwise internally excellent, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. With Publisher's prospectus sheet laid-in.

A comprehensive, classic ethnography of the Yokuts people of California's San Joaquin Valley, based on decades of interviews with tribal elders. Originally published in 1949, the revised and enlarged 1977 second edition is considered the definitive version, featuring hundreds of photographs, detailed, in-depth accounts of Yokuts culture, traditions, and artifacts. An invaluable primary reference for scholars and collectors studying California Native American culture.

Frank Forrest Latta (1892-1983) California historian and ethnographer of the Yokuts people. He also wrote histories of the early European-American settlement of the San Joaquin Valley.