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Author Roberts, David, 1943-

Title Once they moved like the wind : Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache wars / David Roberts.

Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1994.

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 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  979.0049725 C642Br 1994    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "A Touchstone book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and index.
Summary Using first-person accounts in historical archives, David Roberts presents many sides of the Indian rebellion that began in the mid-1800s. Here is the epic and tragic story of Indian heroes--men and women--fighting for their land, their lives, and their freedom. 16 pages of photographs.
Contents Pt. I. Cochise's Will. 1. Cut the Tent. 2. The Black Pot. 3. Torture. 4. The Unknown Cochise. 5. 1871. 6. The General on Muleback. 7. This Is the Man. 8. Geronimo Ascendant. 9. The End of Cochise -- Pt. II. Geronimo's Power. 10. Turkey Gobbler. 11. Geronimo in Irons. 12. Victorio. 13. The Dreamer. 14. In the Stronghold. 15. The Tan Wolf Charges. 16. Turkey Creek. 17. Canyon of the Funnels. 18. Canyon of the Skeletons.
Subject Cochise, Apache chief, 1805?-1874.
Geronimo, 1829-1909.
Apache Indians -- Biography.
Apache Indians -- Wars.
Apache Indians -- History.
Cochise, Apache chief, 1805?-1874 (OCoLC)fst01802072
Geronimo, 1829-1909 (OCoLC)fst00005174
Apache Indians. (OCoLC)fst00811055
Apache Indians -- Wars. (OCoLC)fst00811079
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
ISBN 067188561
0671885561
9780671885564

 
    
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