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Book Review of One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
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I anticipated this book and was disappointed. There I liked about the book a lot and things that I found hard to get past. Disliked--stereotypes ie: southerners name Daisy Lovelace, woman that studied birds : Helen Flight, Christian bigot Narcissa White. Main character appeared to be a very modern 21st century woman versus a woman of the 1870's. Her language was not vastly different than mine. Liked: general writing style, discussion of Native American culture and American history.

I enjoyed the book overall- but had a hard time with May's attitude. Wish her verbiage was more reflective of the time.