Strongheart: The Lost Journals of May Dodd and Molly McGill

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  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Epigraphs

  Prologue

  Introduction

  Ledger Book XIII

  The Lost Journals of Molly McGill

  The Lost Journals of May Dodd

  Preface

  The Lost Journals of Molly McGill

  The Lost Journals of May Dodd

  The Lost Journals of Molly McGill

  Intermission

  The Lost Journals of May Dodd

  The Lost Journals of Molly McGill

  The Lost Journals of May Dodd

  The Disappeared

  The Lost Journals of Molly McGill

  A Last Word

  The Lost Journals of May Dodd

  Epilogue

  Acknowledgments

  Discussion Questions

  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.

  First published in the United States by St. Martin’s Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group

  STRONGHEART. Copyright © 2021 by Jim Fergus. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

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  Cover photograph by Larry Rostant

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Names: Fergus, Jim, author. | Standing Bear, Molly (Fictitious character), editor.

  Title: Strongheart : the lost journals of May Dodd and Molly McGill / Jim Fergus ; edited and annotated by Molly Standing Bear.

  Description: First edition. | New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, 2021. | Series: One thousand white women series ; 3

  Identifiers: LCCN 2020045319 | ISBN 9781250303677 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781250800671 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250200990 (ebook)

  Subjects: LCSH: Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876—Fiction. | GSAFD: Historical fiction. | Western fiction.

  Classification: LCC PS3556.E66 S77 2021 | DDC 813/.54—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020045319

  eISBN 9781250200990

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  First Edition: 2021