Week 43: One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus

This is an interesting novel that is like nothing I have read before. The book is written as a journal about a historical event that never took place.  However, it gives you a better understanding of what the Native American tribes went through in the late 1800's and just how poorly they were treated. The story holds nothing back and the reader is given gruesome images.  The author was not afraid of going into grim details, yet this novel would not be nearly as good if he did not.  Fergus excelled at creating a novel that has so much depth and is splendidly written. It is so detailed and the characters are wonderfully diverse. Then main character is well written and the trials she goes through are amazing! I think everyone should read this book, if only to better understand these horrible events in American history. It is a beautiful story!