Description
R. B. Stratton’s narrative, based on interviews with the Oatmans, vividly describes the Oatman family, their fateful journey, the killings, the girls’ time in captivity, and Lorenzo’s search for them. Olive Oatman’s account of her captivity provided one of the earliest descriptions of life in Indian villages of the Southwest.
When first published in 1857, Captivity of the Oatman Girls became a sensational best seller, which encouraged Stratton to enlarge the book. This Bison Books edition includes the entirety of that enlarged edition, plus a new foreword by Billy J. Stratton, which provides historical context for the captivity story and places it within the American literary tradition that resulted from violent encounters between would-be colonizers and Indigenous groups fighting for their lands.
Book Information
ISBN 9781496237705
Author R. B. Stratton
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press