One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
- ISBN13: 9780312199432
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial “Brides for Indians” program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man’s world. Toward that end May and her friends embark upon the adventure of their lifetime. Jim Fergus has so vividly depicted the American West that it is as if these diaries are a capsule in time.
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I loved this book and I hope that Mr. Fergus, who lives in “my” state, plans more along this line, as I am NOT interested in books about dogs and hunting. Please do read this book folks.
Rating: 5 / 5
You know, I liked it. Read it in two days. I liked May Dodd. Granted, she’s as 21st century woman as can be, and the characters are typical. But I like typical because it fits the book. The ending is sad. I hate it when a book has the potential to totally work out in the end and then the author makes it end horrifically. Yech.
In any event, May was a fun character. But too male-written. It’s never good when a straight man tries to write a woman. I bet this book could’ve been five stars if a chick had written it. Other than that, yeah, it’s good.
Rating: 4 / 5
Much of this book is stunningly unbelievable. May Dodd and her cohorts are largely unlikeable. There’s not much here to endear you to the Cheyenne’s either. The most realistic encounters are those which depict May joining Little Wolf’s family. The Cheyenne women are initially suspicious and May doesn’t think much of them either. This is clearly a work of fiction and occasionally entertaining. Women and Cheyenne’s should both find themselves insulted by Jim Fergus.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is a well written book of an interesting story. It flows well and keeps you interested and at the same time, a simply written style. I would highly recommend this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
As a pure, historical fiction buff, I can’t tell you how magical this novel was. In my years, many years, of reading, I can honestly say that so few books have brought me to tears as “1000 White Women” did. Nothing less than sensational will do for the description of this book. It grabbed from the first page, and held on to me through out the entire story. Ten stars would be a better rating for this one. Anyone not captivated by the plot and characters in this story, simply does not think on an emotional and historical level.
Rating: 5 / 5