Monday, February 15, 2010

Two Non-Fiction Choices

Two Non-Fiction Picks...

If making a difference is important to you but you don't know where or how to begin then this is the book for you. THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE is an easy read with a simple, concise message and a fail proof plan - now if everyone would follow suit... 

What happens when a young Mormon girl is abducted into slavery by a band of Yavapai Indians then sold to another tribe where she is adopted as daughter into a family of Mohaves'? The Blue Tattoo is a beautifully crafted history of Olive Oatman a real life 1850's  teen who lived a story that she would eventually tell on the lecture circuit following her ransom back to "civilized" society. 

Oatman carried physical marks of her time with the Mohave's, chin tattoos that the Indians used for identification purposes - so in the afterlife they could find loved ones. She was the first known tattooed white woman in US history and as such an oddity for the rest of her life.  A fascinating story with glimpses of a time and place that few non - native Americans ever experienced. So well written that you will find it hard to put the book down.