Feathers in the Wind

Novel

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This is the story of Olive Oatman, based on fact and true to her life. She and her family appeared in the West at a time when the white man and the Indians were engaged in mortal combat. The white man was determined to tame and settle the western wilderness, and the Indians fought to keep their homelands.

1851. Olive and her younger sister, Mary Ann, were taken captive by the Apaches. Her family, including her parents and all but one of her brothers were murdered. Lorenzo, although gravely wounded survived, and never lost hope that his sisters were alive too. With Lorenzo’s help, Olive’s re-entry into white society was made easier.

1865. In Arizona today, a town in the Black Mountains has been named Oatman in remembrance of Olive. Not far from this town, Olive spent four years with the Mojave Indians as slave and daughter.

Lillian Fisher is an author of young people’s novels, a poet and an artist. Feathers In The Wind, vividly evokes the emotions, textures and experiences of the Oatman girls and their Indian masters and families. Lillian lives in Alpine, California.

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