One thousand white women : the journals of May Dodd
Title
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One thousand white women : the journals of May Dodd
Author
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Fergus, Jim author.
Publication Information
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[S.l. : sn.], 1998.
Physical Description
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10 books in a cloth bag ; 37 x 15 cm. + 1 folder.
Series
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Instant book club.
General Note
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Imprint may vary.
A cloth bag containing 10 copies of the title that may also include a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders.
Personal Subject
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Little Wolf, -1904-Fiction.
Subject Term
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Interracial marriage -- Fiction.
Women pioneers -- Fiction.
Cheyenne Indians -- Fiction.
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Government relations -- Fiction.
White people -- West (U.S.) -- Relations with Indians -- Fiction.
Genre
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Biographical fiction.
Western stories.
Local Subject
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Book club kit collection.
More Information
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Summary
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An American western with a most unusual twist, this is an imaginative fictional account of the participation of May Dodd and others in the controversial "Brides for Indians" program, a clandestine U.S. government-sponsored program intended to instruct "savages" in the ways of civilization and to assimilate the Indians into white culture through the offspring of these unions. May's personal journals, loaded with humor and intelligent reflection, describe the adventures of some very colorful white brides (including one black one), their marriages to Cheyenne warriors, and the natural abundance of life on the prairie before the final press of the white man's civilization--Booklist.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
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| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | KT FICTION FER | Kits |