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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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May Dodd is from a wealthy family and has been locked away to keep quiet. When she sees a chance to escape her prison she takes it. She becomes a pioneer in a new Govt program to help assimilate the Natives into the White World. Her journals of her travels with the Natives, gives us a look into what might have happened if this program was entertained during the Late 1800s.

I never connected with any of the characters and they were easily forgotten. The writing just does not sound like a woman wrote it. It does not flow well not sure if that is the authors writing or the style of the book.

This book sounded so interesting. I am glad that I read it but not one I would highly recommend. I would recommend it to people who like Non-fiction works. Even though this is a fiction work it is written in journal style.