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Little Star

(17,055 posts) Thu Dec 22, 2011, 09:26 PM Dec 2011

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Two of my daughters have read....

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus

Both loved it. Has anyone here ever read it or even heard of it? I had never heard of the book or the author before. Just thought I'd mention it.

Here is the Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/One-Thousand-White-Women-Journals/dp/0312199430

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Two of my daughters have read.... (Original Post) Little Star Dec 2011 OP

I owned it at one point MountainLaurel Dec 2011 #1

At first when I read the title I thought it was... Kablooie Dec 2011 #2

LOL! That title would be shocking. Little Star Dec 2011 #3

I read it a couple of years ago. bluethruandthru Dec 2011 #4

I saw the book in bookstores, and never SheilaT Jan 2012 #5

MountainLaurel

(10,271 posts)

1. I owned it at one point

Reply to Little Star (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 12:17 PM

Dec 2011

But never got around to reading it, and then we were moving so I donated it to the public library.

Kablooie

(18,768 posts)

2. At first when I read the title I thought it was...

Reply to Little Star (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 12:42 AM

Dec 2011

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of Jimmy Dodd

Quite shocking.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)

3. LOL! That title would be shocking.

Reply to Kablooie (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 06:44 AM

Dec 2011

bluethruandthru

(3,918 posts)

4. I read it a couple of years ago.

Reply to Little Star (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 11:30 AM

Dec 2011

I enjoyed it. Interesting that it is a fictional account of a plan that was actually proposed...but never happened.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

5. I saw the book in bookstores, and never

Reply to Little Star (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 12:08 AM

Jan 2012

got around to purchasing it. I should get it from the library because it did look very interesting.

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