An honest enemy : George Crook and the struggle for Indian rights / Paul Magid.

"The third and final biography of George Crook's life and involvement in the Indian wars, his campaigns against the Chiricahua Apaches and their leader Geronimo, his struggle to reconcile fulfilling his duties as a soldier and his humanitarian values, and his metamorphosis from Indian fighter to out...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magid, Paul, 1940- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Crook, George, > 1829-1890.
United States. > Army > Biography.
United States. > Army.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Wars > 1866-1895.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Government relations > 1869-1934.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Generals.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Wars.
United States.
1866-1934
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xiii, 554 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
George Crook and the struggle for Indian rights
Format: Book
Contents:
  • It Is an Outrage
  • Blood on the Snow
  • I Am a Man
  • The Ponca Commission
  • Crook House
  • Cowboys and Indians
  • Investing in the Future
  • Return to Apacheria
  • There Is Not Now a Hostile Apache in Arizona
  • Preparations for a Campaign
  • Into the Sierra Madre
  • Geronimo-Hunter and Prey
  • Fire in My Rear
  • Settling Down the Chiricahuas
  • Move to Turkey Creek
  • More Fire from the Rear
  • Breakout
  • Pursuit into Mexico
  • A Tragic Loss
  • Cañon de los Embudos
  • Too Wedded to My Views
  • Changing of the Guard
  • Campaigning for Indian Rights
  • Omaha Sojourn
  • Chicago
  • The Sioux Commission
  • End of Days
  • Summing Up.