"Describes the violent history between the frontiersmen and the Native Americans in the Southwestern borderlands by following Mickey Free, a mixed-blood warrior who played a pivotal role in the fighting as he pursued the Apache Kid."--NoveList.
The book is history at its most engrossing. —Publishers Weekly
Marc Simmons sheds the first light on the McComas family's fatal path and gives the first complete picture of circumstances surrounding this tragic event.
Gatewood offers many intimate glimpses of the Apache chief in an important account published for the first time in this collection.
The Apache are perhaps most noted for such fierce leaders as Cochise and Geronimo.
Based on exhaustive research, this graphic novel offers a remarkable glimpse into the raw themes of cultural differences, the horrors of war, the search for peace, and, ultimately, retribution.
Narrative following the Apache tribe from their glory days in battle dress, to their defeat and degradation. This study combines text, paintings and rare photographs. --Amazon.com.
And these dispatches (not surprisingly to those who know the writings of Charles F. Lummis) read today as vividly, as excitingly and as humorously as they did during the turbulent days, three-quarters of a century ago, when they were ...
Governor Safford states that the Chiricahuas all told at that time numbered almost two thousand ; " that they had been permitted to retain their property and their arms ; and that they were well mounted and carried breech - loading guns ...
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject History - America, Georgetown University, course: History of the Federal Government, language: English, abstract: Perhaps one of the least well-known and least understood of the United States ...
In this book, Janne Lahti charts these encounters and the cultural differences that shaped them. Wars for Empire offers a new perspective on the conduct, duration, intensity, and ultimate outcome of one of America's longest wars.