One Thousand White Women
The Journals of May Dodd
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4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Based on an actual historical event but told through fictional diaries, this is the story of May Dodd—a remarkable woman who, in 1875, travels through the American West to marry the chief of the Cheyenne Nation.
One Thousand White Women begins with May Dodd’s journey into an unknown world. Having been committed to an insane asylum by her blue-blood family for the crime of loving a man beneath her station, May finds that her only hope for freedom and redemption is to participate in a secret government program whereby women from “civilized” society become the brides of Cheyenne warriors. What follows is a series of breathtaking adventures—May’s brief, passionate romance with the gallant young army captain John Bourke; her marriage to the great chief Little Wolf; and her conflict of being caught between loving two men and living two completely different lives.
“Fergus portrays the perceptions and emotions of women…with tremendous insight and sensitivity.”—Booklist
“A superb tale of sorrow, suspense, exultation, and triumph.” —Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump
Customer Reviews
Great but needed more emotions
Loved the history aspect of it, what it would feel like to live with the Native Americans. The only thing is that I wish there was more feeling from May. It felt like she was a man where she didn’t express any emotion. Any woman would have cared to have two other sister wives, being separated from her children, and feelings for the men she was with? If this was written more as a romance, I would’ve loved it!
Eye-rolling
Everything about this novel -- characters, plot, and prose-- is patronizing. Wish I could get the time back that I invested in it.
I always recommend
One of my favorite books