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Strongheart : the lost journals of May Dodd and Molly McGill  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

Strongheart : the lost journals of May Dodd and Molly McGill / Jim Fergus ; edited and annotated by Molly Standing Bear.

Summary:

"In 1873, a Cheyenne chief offers President Grant an exchange of one thousand horses for one thousand white women, who he intends to marry with his warriors and create a lasting peace. These women, "recruited" in penitentiaries and asylums, gradually integrate into the way of life of the Cheyenne. After the battle of Little Big Horn, some female survivors decide to take up arms against the United States. This ghost tribe of rebellious women will soon go underground to wage an implacable battle, which will continue from generation to generation"--Page 4 of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781432886325
  • ISBN: 1432886320
  • Physical Description: 637 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes discussion questions.
Subject: Standing Bear, Molly (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 > Fiction.
Women, White > Fiction.
Western stories.
Cheyenne people > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Interracial marriage > Fiction.
Indigenous peoples of North America > West (U.S.) > Government relations > Fiction.
Large type books.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Western stories.
Diary fiction.
Historical fiction.
Western fiction.
Western fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Summary: "In 1873, a Cheyenne chief offers President Grant an exchange of one thousand horses for one thousand white women, who he intends to marry with his warriors and create a lasting peace. These women, "recruited" in penitentiaries and asylums, gradually integrate into the way of life of the Cheyenne. After the battle of Little Big Horn, some female survivors decide to take up arms against the United States. This ghost tribe of rebellious women will soon go underground to wage an implacable battle, which will continue from generation to generation"--Page 4 of cover.

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