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Just got this book after watching Hell on Wheels on Netflix. Really enjoying it so far. I usually read mostly true crime or mysteries but her life seems so fascinating I couldn‘t resist!

I was disappointed. I really wanted to know what happened to Olive Oatman during her time with a Native American tribe, but her story has been altered to fit the audience during her speaking engagements. So, who knows what really happened? Did she stay willingly? Did she marry and have children? She did have a nickname that the author says indicated she was accepted as a member of the tribe, but it wasn‘t a nice one (spoiler below). 1/5🤷🏼‍♀️s

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Olive Oatman was a child when her family was massacred by Native Americans and she was taken into their tribe. Fully assimilated and seemingly happy, she was ransomed back to the US almost a decade later. Olive went on to marry a banker but she became an instant celebrity and found it difficult to come back to the world she‘d once known.

Fascinating!

3⭐️ This is more of an overview of the Olive Oatman story with many sidetracks. Her story of slavery to one Native American tribe after witnessing her family‘s murder, adoption by another for 5 years, and re-assimilation to white culture is compelling. Accounts say Olive wept when she was to be returned to white culture. Mifflin attempts to sift out truth from fiction, racist writings of the time, and the “autobiography” written by a minister.👇🏼

Olive's family was killed by indigenous Americans, and she lived with two different tribes for five years before being returned to white society. There is SO MUCH about white supremacy and male supremacy over the female body in this book. It's much more than a bio of her life. I've read that the author does get some facts wrong about Mormon culture here, but her cultural points are so interesting to me I'll still call this book a pick.

#augustgrrrl #tattoo immediately made me think about Olive Oatman. Alone on the American frontier after her family was brutally murdered, Oatman was raised by the Mohaves. Years later, she was thrust back into her culture, but acclimating was not easy, not only due to the large tattoo covering the bottom half of her face.

This lady survived quite the brutal situations during the pioneer days. A must read if you are into strong women.

When reading for work is a pleasure.

This is an amazing book. I grabbed it in the airport during a trip to Arizona. About a girl who is abducted by an Indian tribe after her family is killed. Quite a sad story. She was "rescued" later by her own people. Only it didn't seem to feel like a rescue to her. Very well written and a compelling story.

The story was incredible ... The writing, not so much.

Just found out about this fascinating story. Olive Oatman was captured by Indians during her family's westward trek during the 1850s. She eventually came to be known as "a white Indian".