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The premise of the story is that the Northern Cheyenne Indians are shrinking in numbers and seek a way to assimilate into white society. They decide to marry white women and have half-blood children, enabling the two cultures to blend naturally. The Cheyenne Chief Little Wolf approaches President Ulysses Grant with the proposal to trade 1000 white women for 1000 horses, an offer publicly refused by the government. However, the government sees the placating of the Indians as being to their benefit, so they begin the "Brides for Indians" program in which women who are physically healthy and of child rearing age may volunteer to go. However, in order to keep the plan unpublished, they offer the trip to women in prison, asylums, and other restrictive situations.
An impressive historical...terse, convincing, and affecting." -Kirkus Reviews.
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Na górze okładki: "A splendid, fresh, and engaging novel.Strikingly original"- Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall.
Na dole okładki: Mountains & Plai Independent Booksellers Association Regional Book Award Winner.
Reading Group Gold.
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