The Vengeance of Mothers - The Journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill - Grand Format

Edition en anglais

Note moyenne 
9 March 1876. My name is Meggie Kelly and I take up this pencil with my twin sister, Susie. We have nothing left, less than nothing. The village of our... Lire la suite
19,00 €
Actuellement indisponible

Résumé

9 March 1876. My name is Meggie Kelly and I take up this pencil with my twin sister, Susie. We have nothing left, less than nothing. The village of our People has been destroyed, all our possessions burned, our friends butchered by the soldiers, our baby daughters gone, frozen to death on a godforsaken march across these rocky mountains. Empty of feeling, half-dead ourselves, all that remains of us intact are hearts turned to stone.
We curse the U.S. government, we curse theArmy, we curse the savagery of mankind, white and Indian alike. We curse God in his heaven. Do not underestimate the power of a mother's vengeance... So begins the journal of Margaret Kelly, a woman who participated in the U.S, government's "Brides for Indians" program in 1873, a program whose conceit was that the way to peace between the United States and the Cheyenne Nation was for "one thousand white women" to be given as brides in exchange for three hundred horses.
These "brides" were mostly fallen women : women in prison, prostitutes, the occasional adventurer, or those incarcerated in asylums. No one expected this program to work. And the brides themselves thought of it simply as a chance at freedom. But many of them fell in love with their Cheyenne spouses and had children with them... and became Cheyenne themselves. The Vengeance of Mothers explores what happens to the bonds between wives and husbands, children and mothers, when society sees them as "unspeakable".
What does it mean to be white, to be Cheyenne, and how far will these women go to avenge the ones they love ? With vivid detail and keen emotional depth, Jim Fergus brings to light a time and place in American history and fills it with unforgettable characters who live and breathe with a passion we can relate to even today.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/09/2017
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    978-1-250-17033-0
  • EAN
    9781250170330
  • Format
    Grand Format
  • Présentation
    Broché
  • Nb. de pages
    337 pages
  • Poids
    0.397 Kg
  • Dimensions
    15,4 cm × 23,1 cm × 2,7 cm

Avis libraires et clients

Avis audio

Écoutez ce qu'en disent nos libraires !

À propos de l'auteur

Biographie de Jim Fergus

Jim fergus is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in numerous national magazines and newspapers. He is the author of several fiction and nonfiction books. His novel One Thousand White Women won the Reading the West Book Award and has sold more than a million copies both in the United States and France. Jim divides his time between southern Arizona, northern Colorado, and France.

Du même auteur

Les clients ont également aimé

Derniers produits consultés