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 U.S. and France. Jim divides his time between southern Arizona, northern Colorado, and France. Visit www.jimfergus.com, or sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Epigraphs
From the final entry to The Journals of May Dodd
From the Codicil to The Journals of May Dodd
Prologue
Ledger Book I: In the Camp of Crazy Horse
Ledger Book II: Captured
Ledger Book III: The Long Road Home
Ledger Book IV: Red Painted Woman
Ledger Book V: The Graveyard
Ledger Book VI: Adapt or Perish
Ledger Book VII: The Strong-heart Women’s Warrior Society
Ledger Book VIII: Dancing Under the Moon
Ledger Book IX: Under the Buffalo Robes
Ledger Book XI: The Battle of the Rosebud/Where the Girl Saved Her Brother
Ledger Book XII: Hell
Ledger Book XIII: The Return of Martha
Ledger Book XIII: (continued by Lady Ann Hall)
Also by Jim Fergus
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE VENGEANCE OF MOTHERS. Copyright © 2017 by Jim Fergus. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Fergus, Jim, author.
Title: The vengeance of mothers / Jim Fergus.
Description: First edition.|New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017017724|ISBN 9781250093424 (hardcover)|ISBN 9781250170330 (international, sold outside the U.S., subject to rights availability)|ISBN 9781250093448 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Women, White—Fiction. | Cheyenne Indians—Fiction. | Indians of North America—West (U.S.)—Government relations—Fiction. | Whites—West (U.S.)—Relations with Indians—Fiction. | Interracial marriage—West (U.S.)—Fiction. | Retribution—Fiction. | GSAFD: Western stories. | Diary fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3556.E66 V46 2017 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017017724
eISBN 9781250093448
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First Edition: September 2017