One Thousand White Women : The Journals of May Dodd: A Novel

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Summary: This author's going places
Review: It's hard to believe that this is a first novel. Jim Fergus so skilfully weaves his intriguing tale that it seems as though the reader is watching the story unfold at the movies, not in the pages of a paperback. But this is no Grisham, God forbid. History comes alive through the embellished real characters Fergus employs and Fergus' empathy with the last of the "free" Cheyenne indians is powerfully felt. A superb read.

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Summary: This touching story brought me to tears.
Review: This is the first book that has ever brought me to tears. I literally cried my way through the last few chapters! A very powerful weaving of the lives of many special characters. It touches you in ways that you don't expect. I LOVED this book...a must-read, please!

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Summary: This book was SPELLBINDING!
Review: "One Thousand White Women", was by far the best book that I have read all year. Mr. Fergus has a way of wrapping you up into the story so as to feel if you are really in it. The text and the over all effect of this book was spellbinding. When I was reading it I could not put it down. When it was finished I was sad, because it leaves you hungry for more. My advice to anyone who reads this comment is to READ THIS BOOK! It is a great novel and a great experience.

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Summary: A wonderful story!
Review: I've read (from front to back, page 1-xxx) perhaps 5 books in the past year. Not because the book was bad, but because it did not hold my interest. This book was either #1 or 2 on my list of having to read more. I was sad when the book ended, yet quietly content with a most wonderful, heart-catching, read. I applaud Jim Fergus - he writes so well with the voice of a woman - as well as of a person who is persecuted because of love, a quest for life and spiritual meaning. Read this book, you will not regret it!

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Summary: This book was AWESOME!
Review: I highly recommend this book. Put down the trashy novels, and pick this one up. It mixes history, with romance, and hardship, and courage, and humor. The characters in this book are so alive and warm. You will laugh out loud at the brilliant dialogue. Wonderful book.

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Summary: Where are the awards?
Review: This book is one of the most wonderful, well written books so far this year. Is someone at the NY Times sleeping? Mr. Fergus has the reader entirely wrapped up in the lives of the "Brides for Indians" in a ficticious journal. One had to look to make sure that it was fiction, it was so well written. Neither the white nor indian population was romanticized as in previous works. One got an accurate idea of the lives of the unfortunate Cheyenne through the writings of Mr. fergus. One had to wonder, however, if Ms. Dodd was truly a little more "ahead of her times" as she truly is an example of feminist altruism. This is a book I will highly recommend and will read again.

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Summary: One Thousand and One White Women...I was there too!
Review: Jim Fergus took me on a long and memorable trip through time and miles as I joined May Dodd and her eclectic troupe on their extraordinary experiment. The characters were so believable, I think I heard them breathing a couple of times. This is definitely a book I will recommend to every reader I know, and I believe I will carry it in my mind for a long, long time. I only wish I had written it.

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Summary: A terrific read
Review: I can't, for the life of me, understand why this book has not made the best seller list. May Dodd and the other women in the story are beautifully written characters that I really enjoyed getting to know. I was amazed that Mr. Fergus could capture the spirit of a woman so clearly as to write with her perspective. I've recommended this one to all my friends and each one has thoroughly enjoyed it!

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Summary: Wonderful book ...bought 2 extra copies to share with family
Review: One Thousand White Women was an incredible read. It took constant reminding that the book was fiction and not a documented event. May Dodd is sent to a mental institute by a husband who wants the convenience of being rid of her - not because of any mental problem. When the US makes a deal with the Indians to provide a thousand women as brides to help make the melding more effective, the mental hospitals and jails are first recruited. May is the luck one to become bride of the chief...what a clever way to show the humongous difference in culture. I loved this book.

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Summary: Women's role in any culture was not this strong in 1845 onto
Review: I feel the author was trying to show the white acceptable female of the 1800's in a positive light. History says what the unacceptable female had to do to survive. The Indians at that time had a very strict culture and the women would never allow such conduct that the heroine of the book enjoyed...yet alone the men. I think the author did alot of research. I just couldn't believe this woman's story.