Olive Oatman: A Life From Beginning to End (Native American History)

Loved understanding the life Olive oatman. True story very interesting. Book covers captive and non- captive life. Book length was great - easy read in one evening.

Found this book to be very informative I didn't have any idea about Olives life and found it to be a good read.

I really appreciate this account of a young girl, caught in a horrendous situation, and how she survived and thrived. I felt the biography dealt honestly with the savage and the good of the different tribes mentioned, and also the pioneering spirit of white "immigrants". The story is simply presented, yet the complexity of the narrative and the persons involved is very well revealed. The question is not "what would I have done?", but "What can we learn from this history lesson?" Let us applaud what is good in us and others, and grow in wisdom and compassion for how others have met their challenges.

This was a quick overview of the story of Olive Oatman The first white woman to be tattooed. Easy to read and understand, I liked that the author pointed out the bigotry of other so called biagraphies. Makes me want to delve deeper into the history of the Mojave natives and the tribes that made up my home state of California.

A fascinating story. I now want to find out more about her life. Well written. I recommend this to anyone interested in American history, the good and the bad.

Informative and interesting story. I liked the quotes at the beginning of each chapter. Book flowed easily from chapter to chapter.

An amazing story of a young girls life. I enjoyed the way the author told her story. It is hard to imagine putting myself in Olives' position. She was a strong person.

What an amazing account of the life of Olive Oatman, a woman I was not familiar with before reading this book. In a nutshell, most of Oatman's family was massacred while traveling to what the father believed was the Mormon "Promised Land" in the mid-1800's. Olive and her younger sister were taken by a tribe of Native Americans in the Southwest and were made slaves. One brother also survived, but he had been left for dead and it was several years before they were reunited. The two girls were eventually traded to the Mohave tribe and the younger sister died of starvation.It is clear in the early part of the book that many of the facts of Olive's life are hazy. When she was "rescued," a pastor wrote Olive's story, adding many negatives about the two tribes she spent time with. He then took Olive on a speaking tour where she recounted the "facts" of the books without refuting them. Still, it's a story of courage and survival, and I found it fascinating.For those who aren't familiar with the Hourly History series of books, they are intended to be read in about an hour. Written by a variety of authors from around the world, they are excellent summaries of lives and historical events or periods, making it easy to decide if you want to delve deeper into each subject. I have enjoyed all of the books I've read in the series and highly recommend them.

A true story of one white young child being held captive by Mojave Indians until being returned to white man's life. However was she happy ?

Well written with objectivity & allows for the reader to draw conclusions without sway. Brief yet covers information quite well.

It is good that this book leaves the reader unsure of the real feelings and truths of Olive's life. However, the killing of her family on their I'll advised trek West by native American renegades is certain, as is her life with the Mohave. Whether this life was enjoyed or not is still only speculation, but life back among the whites as a tattooed woman was certainly not easy in those strict and prejudiced times.

Good book could be more details.

Extremely fascinating story of Mormon woman's life with indigenous people in 1850s NorthAmerica.Issues of relative freedoms for women in that time brought into focus.