One Thousand White Women:The Journals of May Dodd
by
Jim Fergus
I just finished listening to this book on audio on my way over to pick up my pay check and attend payday meeting. This is one book that really lends itself to the audio presentation. There were two readers and the female voice did a superb job of changing her voice to reflect the different accents of the different female characters. If an audio book fan this is a good choice for your next selection. Historical fiction is my favorite genre and I really got lost in this book and swept away to another world. It starts out with a historical fact that once a Native American Chief did ask for white brides as part of a peace treaty. His request was not granted and took place fifteen years prior to the time the novel is set. The novel is fiction and great fun. In it one thousand white women set out in answer to a request to help our government in a secret program to assimilate the Native Americans for the wild west by agreeing to marry into the tribe and have a child. They come from various immigrant backgrounds and problem environments that they seek to escape from. Their story is told through the fictional diary of a woman named May Dodd. The story is uncovered and her journals found in the medicine man's bags by May's great grandson during his genealogical research. While it is not realistic on some fronts it is a delightful fiction story that I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Thousand-White-Women-Journals/dp/0312199430
http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Fergus/e/B001H9U1HU/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
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