A shocking, but intreguing read ( )

The best books take you into another dimension and allow you to escape and fantasize. For me this book provided that enjoyment. Though the premise of sending 1000 White Women to the Cheyenne to help them assimilate to White world is far fetched, it is based on a real request and the Cheyenne belief that children belong to their mother's tribe. Fergus does an excellent job of portraying what life would be like for a white woman coming to the world of the Cheyenne in the late 1800s. It makes one ponder how things might have been different in the West if the Indians had been allowed to pursue their way of life transitioning to modern times in their own way and bringing many of their good philosophies on how to respect the land. ( )

I've tried reading this book twice and I just could not get into it. I plan to try again some other time but for now I have put it aside.

Pretty good, if a little one-dimensional. Interesting and believable story, plenty of action, and lots of conflict. ( )

I enjoyed this book very much, though it wasn't very challenging. and I'm not sure how much research was put into it. A good beach read, I'd say. The treatment of gay people in the tribe, as well as the treatment of the insane, made me want to check on the facts. Too bad our own society doesn't revere the "abnormal" similarly. ( )