Geronimo / Robert M. Utley.

Renowned for ferocity in battle, legendary for an uncanny ability to elude capture. feared for the violence of his vengeful raids. the Apache fighter Geronimo captured the public imagination in his own time and remains a mythic figure today. This thoroughly researched biography by a renowned histori...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Lamar series in western history.
Main Author: Utley, Robert M., 1929-
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]
Series:Lamar series in western history.
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Physical Description:xii, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1 Apache Youth 5
  • 2 Apache Manhood 15
  • 3 Battle and Massacre 23
  • 4 "Americans" 29
  • 5 War with the Americans 36
  • 6 Return of the Bluecoats 45
  • 7 Cochise: War and Peace, 1863-72 55
  • 8 Cochise: Peace at Last, 1872 61
  • 9 Chiricahua Reservation, 1872-76 72
  • 10 Removal to the Gila River 81
  • 11 Geronimo's First Breakout, 1878 92
  • 12 Back to San Carlos, 1878-79 98
  • 13 Geronimo's Second Breakout, 1881 104
  • 14 Geronimo Abducts Loco, 1982 113
  • 15 Mexico: Massacres and Raids, 1882-83 125
  • 16 Geronimo Confronts Crook in the Sierra Madre, 1883 134
  • 17 Return to San Carlos, 1883-84 143
  • 18 Last Breakout, 1885 149
  • 19 Back to the Sierra Madre, 1885 160
  • 20 Chased by Crook's Scouts, 1885-86 168
  • 21 Canyon de los Embudos, 1886 182
  • 22 Miles in Command, 1886 192
  • 23 Geronimo Meets Gatewood, 1886 203
  • 24 Geronimo Surrenders, 1886 213
  • 25 Prisoners of War, 1886-87 221
  • 26 Geronimo at Mount Vernon Barracks, 1888-94 235
  • 27 Geronimo's Final Home, 1894-1909 248
  • 28 Geronimo's Last Years 255.