Captivity Of The Oatman Girls: Being An Interesting Narrative Of Life Among The Apache And Mohave Indians: Containing Also An Interesting Account Of The Massacre Of The Oatman Family, By The Apache Indians In 1851; The Narrow Escape Of Lorenzo D. Oatman; The Capture Of Olive A. And Mary A. Oatman; The Death By Starvation, Of The Latter; The Five Years Suffering And Captivity Of Olive A. Oatman; Also Her Singular Recapture In 1856; As Given By Lorenzo D. And Olive A. Oatman, The Only Surviving Members Of The Family To The Author

R. B. STRATTON

Publication: Carlton & Porter, 1859, New York

Third Edition. 12mo. Original decorated Cloth. 290 pp. Multiple Prefaces. Frontispiece portrait of Olive Oatman. Illustrated. Map. The Oatman family was attacked while part of a Mormon train en route to California via the Old Santa Fe Route in 1851. Six members of the family were murdered, one of the sons left for dead, and Mary Ann and Olive were hauled away by the Apaches. Mary died while in captivity, and Olive was ransomed in 1856. She was extensively tattooed, and went on tour to describe her experiences and display her decorations. The first two editions of this work were issued in San Francisco in the same year. This third edition has some added material and additional illustrations. Front free-endpaper is missing and a repaired short split to upper 2" of the fore-edge of the spine, else a very good copy, with the usual scattered foxing throughout the text block and its edges.

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