Del Norte Public Library

"Explains Apache resistance under Geronimo's leadership, including its chronology, causes, and lasting effects"--

A biography of Geronimo, chief of the southern Chiricahua band of Apache Indians, who rose to leadership through the ranks of his tribe and plundered the Arizona countryside for many years before accepting the white man's treaty.

"Learn about this Apache warrior and why he lead thrilling fights against American and Mexican soldiers"--Provided by publisher.

"In The Geronimo Campaign, Odie B. Faulk offers a lively and often chilling account of the war that raged between Apaches and U.S. soldiers over the deserts and mountains of Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico in the mid 1880s, and traces its legacy well past Geronimo's ultimate surrender. He is especially concerned with the campaign's wider historical setting and significance, and with the sad record of betrayal of Native Americans by the U.S....

"Geronimo was a great leader and a wise man. In this book, readers will uncover his life story-from his struggles with the US government and settlers in Arizona to the eventual surrender that made him a prisoner of war for the rest of his life-and understand his profound effect on the Apache tribe. Though he later became famous and traveled the country, he was never allowed to return to his birthplace. Through easy-to-read text and fascinating pictures,...

"Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Apache warrior Geronimo to tell the story of the Indian Wars and the final fight for control of the American continent"--

Introduces the history, beliefs, social interaction, and festivals of modern-day Apache Indians, as experienced by descendants of the warrior, Geronimo, and their friends.

Examines the life and career of the Apache warrior chief.

"Written by participants and eyewitnesses, white and Indian, this work presents the accounts of the surrender of Geronimo and Chiricahua chief Naiche in September 1886 and its aftermath"--WorldCat.