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Stratton's Oatman Captivity

Title: Captivity of the Oatman Girls
Author: Stratton, R. B.
Description: [2], 5-290, [2], 4 + 12 ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings including frontispiece portrait; map. 7¼x4¾, original gray cloth."The Oatman family belonged to a small schismatic sect of Mormons. Its leader, after a revelation, pointed to the Colorado River, below the junction of the Gila, as the proper location of Zion. On their way there, the Oatmans were beset by Indians and most of them were killed. However, one of the daughters, Olive Oatman, survived her captivity and afterward, her adventures were vividly recounted by Royal Stratton and became a best-seller of the time..." - Wagner-Camp. Graff 4006 (1st ed.); Howes S1068; Wagner-Camp 294:5.
Heading: Place Published: New York
Publisher: Published for the author
Date Published: 1858