The Resource The vengeance of mothers : the journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill, Jim Fergus, (large print)
The vengeance of mothers : the journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill, Jim Fergus, (large print)
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The item The vengeance of mothers : the journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill, Jim Fergus, (large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- 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. Empty of human feeling, half-dead ourselves, all that remains of us intact are hearts turned to stone. We curse the U.S. government, we curse the Army, 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 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. Mostly fallen women, the brides themselves thought it was simply a chance at freedom. But many fell in love with the Cheyenne spouses and had children with them... and became Cheyenne themselves
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 615 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781432843601
- Label
- The vengeance of mothers : the journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill
- Title
- The vengeance of mothers
- Title remainder
- the journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill
- Statement of responsibility
- Jim Fergus
- Subject
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- Historical fiction
- Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Government relations -- Fiction
- Interracial marriage -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Retribution -- Fiction
- Whites -- West (U.S.) -- Relations with Indians -- Fiction
- Women, White -- Fiction
- Cheyenne Indians -- Fiction
- Diary fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. Empty of human feeling, half-dead ourselves, all that remains of us intact are hearts turned to stone. We curse the U.S. government, we curse the Army, 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 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. Mostly fallen women, the brides themselves thought it was simply a chance at freedom. But many fell in love with the Cheyenne spouses and had children with them... and became Cheyenne themselves
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fergus, Jim
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3556.E66
- LC item number
- V46 2017
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women, White
- Cheyenne Indians
- Indians of North America
- Whites
- Interracial marriage
- Retribution
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The vengeance of mothers : the journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill, Jim Fergus, (large print)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn989962581
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 615 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432843601
- Lccn
- 2017034454
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- F FERGUS ; XX-FL ; LP ; [B17BP026, #15, 5@36.99, WJM/ ]
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 989962581
- (OCoLC)989962581
- Label
- The vengeance of mothers : the journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill, Jim Fergus, (large print)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn989962581
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 615 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432843601
- Lccn
- 2017034454
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- F FERGUS ; XX-FL ; LP ; [B17BP026, #15, 5@36.99, WJM/ ]
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 989962581
- (OCoLC)989962581
Subject
- Historical fiction
- Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Government relations -- Fiction
- Interracial marriage -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Retribution -- Fiction
- Whites -- West (U.S.) -- Relations with Indians -- Fiction
- Women, White -- Fiction
- Cheyenne Indians -- Fiction
- Diary fiction
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