This month's book club pick was 1000 White Women by Jim Fergus. I loved it, loved the story, got through the depressing/violent parts because they were not graphic, and I really liked the story line. Based on a true incident, when an Indian chief went to a President in the 1800s asking to trade 1000 horses for 1000 white women, so they women would have Indian babies and then be brought into the white world bridging the gap. In reality, the chief was told no, but this book is written as if that actually transpired and is told through a journal kept by "May Dodd".
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Finished "One Thousand White Women"
This month's book club pick was 1000 White Women by Jim Fergus. I loved it, loved the story, got through the depressing/violent parts because they were not graphic, and I really liked the story line. Based on a true incident, when an Indian chief went to a President in the 1800s asking to trade 1000 horses for 1000 white women, so they women would have Indian babies and then be brought into the white world bridging the gap. In reality, the chief was told no, but this book is written as if that actually transpired and is told through a journal kept by "May Dodd".
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