The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman
Women in the West, Book 1
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The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman
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Narrated by:
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Kaipo Schwab
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By:
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Margot Mifflin
About this listen
In 1851 Olive Oatman was a 13-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 19, 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.
©2009 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska; postscript copyright 2011 by The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (P)2016 TantorCritic Reviews
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- KarenG
- 21-05-2016
More Olive please
I enjoyed this, but felt I still don't know enough about Olive Oatman. there was a lot of info but most was generic about Indian actions or specific about people that knew Olive. I guess I just want more of her.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-01-2024
Informative
I like the more feminine perspective. Brings the focus back to the female perspective of this story.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-03-2021
An interesting review and analysis of a complex life
Mifflin does an excellent job of presenting this compelling history with respect and admiration for the Mojave culture Olive was brought into, and sympathy for Olive in the dilemma she faces on her return to white culture.
Schwab’s reading is relaxing to listen to.
Overall very enjoyable and informative.
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- Mahara Steedman
- 14-11-2020
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Great account and listen! The only issue relating to the performance was that in some of the latter chapters there were brief moments where the audio cut out and parts of and including sentences were missing followed by silence.
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- Gill
- 24-05-2021
Fascinating story. Awful narration.
Well researched and interesting. Way too much jargon and commentary. For me very irritating narration. It's probably to do with the accent since I'm Australian.
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- Shelby Grant
- 12-06-2024
Good Book
This was one i couldn't "put down" really enjoyed it .. now i will be looking for something similar
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- Kymm Leedham
- 14-12-2022
Disappointing
I had hoped the book would be about Olive Oatman.
It was more about Mormonism which I found extremely boring. Or about Indian culture that was the books only saving grace.
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- Annieism13
- 22-11-2021
The narration ruined it.
This is a really interesting story ruined by the narration. It was hard to stay engaged with the voice narrating. I should have listened to the sample first and I wouldn’t have purchased it Disappointing as I think a different narrator would have made a difference.
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