Olive Oatman was born in Illinois in 1837. She and her family were attacked by a group of Indigenous people while they were moving to another area in 1851. Olive was taken captive along with her sister. The rest of her family were murdered, except one bother who survived the attack. She always believed she was taken by Apache, but it may have been another smaller group. She was held captive by them for a year, forced to do slave labor, until she was traded to the Mohave. Her sister died in captivity, but Olive remained with the Mohave for four years. She was eventually brought back to White Anglo-European society, where she eventually spoke about some of her experiences.

The images of Olive Oatman have been circulated around for years, as she was the first White woman to have a Native tattoo. This book was available for free on Audible Plus, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to learn more about Olive and her experience in captivity. This also was a good time to read this since I am currently taking a Colonial America class, in which Native enslavement is featured. It helped to give a little context to the relationships between Native groups and White people who were moving westwardly. The book was about five hours to listen to, but the physical copy is less than three hundred pages. Overall, it was an alright read.