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The blue tattoo : the life of Olive Oatman / Margot Mifflin.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0803211481 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780803211483 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xi, 261 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Subject: | Oatman, Olive Ann. Oatman, Olive Ann > Captivity. Indian captivities > Southwest, New. Apache Indians. Yavapai Indians. Mohave Indians. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Terrace Public Library | 979.0049 OAT (Text) | 35151000650887 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
