Bibliograph

The blue tattoo, the life of Olive Oatman, Margot Mifflin

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The blue tattoo, the life of Olive Oatman, Margot Mifflin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index

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individual biography

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The blue tattoo

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

244701531

Responsibility statement

Margot Mifflin

Series statement

Women in the West

Sub title

the life of Olive Oatman

Summary

Tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroine of frontier America. Orphaned when her family was brutally killed by Yavapai Indians, Oatman lived as a slave to her captors for a year before being traded to the Mohave, who tattooed her face and raised her as their own. She was fully assimilated and perfectly happy when, at nineteen, she was ransomed back to white society

Table Of Contents

Quicksand -- Indian country -- "How little we thought what was before us" -- A year with the Yavapais -- Lorenzo's tale -- Becoming Mohave -- Deeper -- "There is a happy land, far, far away" -- Journey to Yuma -- Hell's outpost -- Rewriting history in Gassburg, Oregon -- Captive audiences -- "We met as friends, giving the left hand in friendship" -- Olive Fairchild, Texan

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Life of Olive Oatman

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