She finds herself falling in love with a factory worker, Danny, whose mother once did housework for her family. Danny's wages are low and he makes extra money fist fighting in bars. Wallace follows Danny and Elizabeth on their dates and persuades Danny that he is too low-class for Elizabeth and can never give her a good future. A despondent Danny leaves for Boston to start a new life. He soon learns about the Halifax Explosion and manages to get a place on the Boston medical train and is heading home. He worries about his mother whose home was in the most devastated part of the city and has never stopped loving Elizabeth. Dillon, Richard H. (1981). "Tragedy at Oatman Flat: Massacre, Captivity, Mystery". American West. Vol.18, no.2. pp.46–59. While I certainly enjoyed reading the previous book, it did not come alive nearly as much as this book did. I'm NOT an audio book fan, normally - I like to read at my own pace and get impatient when I have to wait for someone else to get to the "good parts", but Katherine made every part of this book the "good part". I'm raving here - but her enthusiasm, spirit, accents, singing talents (the songs came alive so beautifully), emotion and just.. love shone through. For some reason, Olive Oatman kept coming into my line of sight. I love history and decided to read up on her life. This book seemed the most promising and I had seen it mentioned on several blogs, so I gave it a try. Oatman Flat". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2022-08-06.

Named in her honor, the historic town of Olive City, Arizona, near the present town of Ehrenberg, was a steamboat stop on the Colorado River during the gold rush days. Other namesakes in Arizona are Oatman Mountain and the adjacent Oatman Flat. [33] [30] Oatman Flat Station was a stage stop for the Butterfield Overland Mail from 1858 to 1861. [5] :183 In popular culture [ edit ] Television and film [ edit ] I can't accept this image of Olive's victimhood under Stratton, for several reasons. First, there is no indication that Olive, even at the outset before he could have had any deep influence over her, objected to or asked Stratton to correct the misrepresentations in his book. She seemed to accept the book wholesale and uncritically right from the beginning. Second, although Olive lived with Stratton and his wife for a time, the book mentions that Stratton eventually moved and Olive decided to take up residence elsewhere, with no objection from Stratton and no attempt to keep her under his control. In fact, they eventually simply lost touch, though Olive was still a potentially "marketable" commodity. Third, Olive lectured extensively all by herself-- without Stratton-- on her experiences with the Mohave, and yet without him present or able to hear what she said, she nonetheless perpetuated the image of the Mohave as primitive subhumans, an image which had sold countless copies of Stratton's book. Putting that subplot aside it was still a good historical novel. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to learn about the Halifax Explosion.a b c d e f g McLeary, Sherrie S.; McGinty, Brian (June 12, 2010). "Fairchild, Olive Ann Oatman". Texas State Historical Association . Retrieved August 5, 2022. I happened on the cover picture in a blog recently, and like many people, immediately thought "Hey, that's the tattoo from Hell on Wheels". Apparently the character's tattooing in that series was borrowed explicitly from Olive Oatman's. It's ironic that the TV character was a prostitute, as the Oatman's history as a captive of the Yavapai and Mohave raised questions about her sexuality in her own time. a b Van Huygen, Meg (2015-11-16). "Olive Oatman, the Pioneer Girl Abducted by Native Americans Who Returned a Marked Woman". Mental Floss . Retrieved 2022-08-05. I've been so intrigued with the Olive Oatman story. When I saw this come up on audiobook, I jumped all over it. Her story of slavery to one Native American tribe after witnessing her family's slaughter and subsequent adoption by another for 5 years has intrigued me. Her time with her Native American tribe was cut short when she was returned to her people and subsequent re-assimilation into white culture. Accounts say Olive wept when she was returned. She was promptly taken in by a racist minister who "co-wrote" her autobiography and launched her speaking career. Mifflin attempts to sift through what was truth and fiction in this accounting of Oatman's life. From award-winning author Steven Laffoley comes a compelling tale of love and loss, despair and hope, based on real people and real events. It brings to life one of the most extraordinary stories of our time – The Halifax Explosion.

In 1865 she married a rich rancher. He only asked of her one thing: to forget her past. To leave the lectures behind and put on a veil to cover the tattoo. She did so, letting time go by like that, drop by drop. Year after year. And so she became the “woman with the blue tattoo.” The Victorian dress they immediately tried to cover her with couldn’t hide the tattoo on her chin. However, what not everyone knew was that her arms and legs also had striking tattoos. But they never saw the light of the Colorado sun again. In an episode of the series The Ghost Inside My Child: The Wild West and Tribal Quest, a southern American Baptist family claims that their daughter Olivia says she is the reincarnation of Olive Oatman. [35]Mojave Tribe: Culture". Mojave National Preserve. U.S. National Park Service . Retrieved 3 February 2022.