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The Oatman Massacre - A Tale Of Desert Captivity And Survival (Paperback)
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The Oatman Massacre - A Tale Of Desert Captivity And Survival (Paperback)
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List price R585
Loot Price R491
Discovery Miles 4 910
You Save R94 (16%)
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The Oatman massacre is among the most famous and dramatic captivity
stories in the history of the Southwest. In this riveting account,
Brian McGinty explores the background, development, and aftermath
of the tragedy.Roys Oatman, a dissident Mormon, led his family of
nine and a few other families from their homes in Illinois on a
journey west, believing a prophecy that they would find the fertile
""Land of Bashan"" at the confluence of the Gila and Colorado
Rivers. On February 18, 1851, a band of southwestern Indians
attacked the family on a cliff overlooking the Gila River in
present-day Arizona. All but three members of the family were
killed. The attackers took thirteen-year-old Olive and
eight-year-old Mary Ann captive and left their wounded
fourteen-year-old brother Lorenzo for dead. Although Mary Ann did
not survive, Olive lived to be rescued and reunited with her
brother at Fort Yuma. On Olive's return to white society in 1857,
Royal B. Stratton published a book that sensationalized the story,
and Olive herself went on lecture tours, telling of her experiences
and thrilling audiences with her Mohave chin tattoos. Ridding the
legendary tale of its anti-Indian bias and questioning the historic
notion that the Oatmans' attackers were Apaches, McGinty explores
the extent to which Mary Ann and Olive may have adapted to life
among the Mohaves and charts Olive's eight years of touring and
talking about her ordeal.
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