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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780312199432
ISBN number: 0312199430
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: February 15, 1999
Publishing house: St. Martin's Griffin
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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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This book is written as a diary so it's very easy to read. The events as described are believable and keep you on the edge. I picked up this book to read and did not put it down until I finished. The historical aspect of this book is researched well and will have emotional affect on you. It's a very well thought out perspective!
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I wasn't that impressed. I thought I would recommend it to my bookclub, but didn't. I would not recommend.
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Although this book grabbed my attention initially, it slowed down about half way through and I had a hard time getting through it. The characters in this book just seemed "off." There are so many things that the female characters in this book do and say that just seems so unrealistic. The women in this book embrace the Cheyenne culture, lifestyle and their new husbands so immediately without any longing for their past lives, modern civilization, or any thought to when the bride experiment will be over. The women who are kidnapped and raped in the book seem to get over the experience like a chest cold. As a woman myself, I can't imagine myself in situations like these women are and being as nonchalant about it. Because the author's depiction of women in this book is so inaccurate, it makes me wonder how realistically he portrayed the Cheyenne as well. This book has an interesting premise it just could have been so much better than it was.
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This is perhaps one of the very best novels I've ever read. I ordinarily have no interest in "journals" so would have missed one of the most thrilling reads ever had it not been recommended by a friend. The journaling of this extraordinary woman demonstrates such sensitivity, courage, and acceptance that the reader is brought to the heights of joy, the depth of friendship and the courage to explore the most frightening and unknown. She loves, fears, cries, laughs, experiments, remembers and anticipates with such clarity that it is contagious to the reader. I highly recommend everyone walk with her through her words, thoughts and remembrances. I guarantee you will live the days with her, and be uplifted and encouraged, saddened and joyful, laughing and tearful as you are enticed by her courage and fearless acceptance of the unknown. It is a tale of exquisite joy and sadness, fullfillment and redemption, and silent love that is both beautiful and strange to most of us. In addition the reader is educated in the many beautiful symbols and ceremonies of Native Americans. It illuminates and teaches readers that different cultures, history and beliefs can be overcome as she weaves them in and out throughout the storyt, Tears rolled down my cheeks as I closed the book at the end of the last chapter. Strong, stong, strong!
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One Thousand White Women is a truly remarkable book, based on an equally remarkable premise. The author's insights into women's feelings are amazing. I felt I was there, with each character, and didn't want the book to end. Have a hankie nearby...
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