Ebook {Epub PDF} The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin

 · "The Blue Tattoo is well-researched history that reads like unbelievable fiction, telling the story of Olive Oatman, the first tattooed American white woman Mifflin weaves together Olive's story with the history of American westward expansion, the Mohave, tattooing in America, and captivity literature in the s."—Elizabeth Quinn, BustBrand: UNP - Bison Books.  · In 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. Margot Mifflin is a journalist who writes about women’s history and the arts. Her book Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo was the first history of Western women's tattoo culture. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman is a biography of a white teenager raised by Mohave Indians in the s/5(K).

Something went wrong. View cart for details. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin starting at $ The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman has 4 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace. #THE BLUE TATTOO LIFE OF OLIVE OATMAN MARGOT MIFFLIN #Download file | read online the blue tattoo life of olive oatman margot mifflin The Blue Tattoo - The Life of Olive Oatman "Based on historical records, including the letters and diaries of Oatman's friends and relatives, The Blue Tattoo is the first book to examine her life from her.

In 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. Similar to the book One Thousand White Women, The Blue Tattoo deals with the story of two girls Olive Oatman, 14, and Mary Oatman, 10, who lived with tribes of Indians in the 's. The Olive and Mary became tribal slaves for the Yavapai, but after a year they were traded to the Mohave tribe. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin | Editorial Reviews. Paperback $ $ Save 10% Current price is $, Original price is $