{"product_id":"9780312199432","title":"One Thousand White Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on an actual historical event but told through fictional diaries, this\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eis the story of May Dodd—a remarkable woman who, in 1875, travels through the American West to marry the chief of the Cheyenne Nation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Thousand White Women\u003c\/i\u003e  begins with May Dodd’s journey into an unknown world. Having been committed to an insane asylum by her blue-blood family for the crime of loving a man beneath her station, May finds that her only hope for freedom and redemption is to participate in a secret government program whereby women from “civilized” society become the brides of Cheyenne warriors. What follows is a series of breathtaking adventures—May’s  brief, passionate romance with the gallant young army captain John Bourke; her marriage to the great chief Little Wolf; and her conflict of  being caught between loving two men and living two completely different  lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Fergus portrays the perceptions and emotions of women…with tremendous insight and sensitivity.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A superb tale of sorrow, suspense, exultation, and triumph.” —Winston Groom, \u003ci\u003eauthor of Forrest Gump\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jim Fergus","offers":[{"title":"St. Martin's Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  1999-02-15","offer_id":48866725003519,"sku":"9780312199432","price":28.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0caa09c4-a188-44b0-9f72-51d23df59ea0.jpg?v=1784730376","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780312199432","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}