by: Jim Fergus
Goodreads 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.
Helen says: (Still listening to it on audible- will let you know next month)
Note to the reader…This is a fictional account of history and never actually happened. View it more as a “what if”, in the same vein of Phillip K. Dick’s writings (kind of). So far so good. Will keep you posted.
Holly says: 🤓🤓🤓
I had heard about this book quite a while back, but did not realize it was published in 1998. It was interesting and entertaining, and I read it quickly but I just didn’t think it was that great. Too many stereotypes and cliches. I wish I could pinpoint why I didn’t like this book more. May Dodd is simply too much, and the other characters are such caricatures. And the spelling out of certain “accents” was annoying. Other people seemed to like the book – although it definitely fluctuated between 1 stars and 5 stars. The best part was the last 75 pages (most of it was epilogue). For some reason, I was just annoyed.
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