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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 38 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Women in the West ; |
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Mifflin, Margot.
Women in the West. Spoken word ;
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Women in the West.
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Kaipo Schwab. |
| Summary |
In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year-old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo 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. She became an instant celebrity, but the price of fame was high and the pain of her ruptured childhood lasted a lifetime. Based on historical records, including letters and diaries of Oatman's friends and relatives, The Blue Tattoo is the first book to examine her life, from her childhood in Illinois - including the massacre, her captivity, and her return to white society-to her later years as a wealthy banker's wife in Texas. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Oatman, Olive Ann.
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Oatman, Olive Ann -- Captivity, 1851.
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Indian captivities -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century.
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Apache Indians -- History -- 19th century.
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Yavapai Indians -- History -- 19th century.
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Mohave Indians -- History -- 19th century.
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Schwab, Kaipo.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781515924906 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1515924904 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11626095 |
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