One Thousand White Women The Journals Of May Dodd

Binding: Paperback
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
Title: One Thousand White Women The Journals Of May Dodd
Author(s): Fergus Jim
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9780312199432
Pages: 496 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/15/1999
Series: One Thousand White Women Series
Category: Historical Fiction