One Thousand White Women
The Journals of May Dodd
by Jim Fergus
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This novel intriguingly rewrites an actual historical event. In 1854, a Cheyenne chief requested that the U.S. Army provide a thousand white brides for the young warriors in his tribe. The U.S., of course, refused, but Fergus considers what might have happened if a "Brides for Indians" program had been instituted. One of the brides is a volunteer, a woman who was about to be institutionalized by her family for an unfortunate love affair, and the novel is primarily her story, as she must choose between an Indian chief and a U.S. Army captain.
Editions of One Thousand White Women
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher St Martins Pr |
Date 1998 |
Price $5.00 |
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Griffin |
Date 1999 |
Price $2.33 |
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Publisher Notes
Based on an actual historical event, "One Thousand White Women" tells the story--in diary and letter form--of a young woman, who in 1875, travels to the American West to marry Little Wolf, the chief of the Cheyenne nation.
Media Reviews
"Long, brisk, charming first novel....An impressive historical, terse, convincing, and affecting."
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