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Rye Newcomers and Neighbors Club

Monday, March 26, 2012

8:00 P.M.

Ladies Book Club

Christa's, 1 North Island Drive

Ladies Book Club
This March, we will discuss One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus.  

For those who like a deal, it’s currently a bargain book on Amazon.


From Amazon:   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.

Fergus is gifted in his ability to portray the perceptions and emotions of women. He writes with tremendous insight and sensitivity about the individual community and the political and religious issues of the time, many of which are still relevant today. This book is artistically rendered with meticulous attention to small details that bring to life the daily concerns of a group of hardy souls at a pivotal time in U.S. history.

For those that like to plan ahead, we are reading Molok’ai for our April 30th meeting.  

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New members always welcome, we look forward to seeing you there!  
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