Robert M. Utley: Geronimo, Yale University Press
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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 figure of mythical proportion today. This thoroughly
researched biography by a renowned historian of the American West strips
away the myths and rumors that have long obscured the real Geronimo and
presents an authentic portrait of a man with unique strengths and
weaknesses and a destiny that swept him into the fierce storms of
history.
Historian Robert Utley draws on an array of new sources
and his own lifelong research on the mountain West and white-Indian
conflicts of the late nineteenth century to create an updated, accurate,
and highly exciting narrative of Geronimo's life. Utley unfolds the
story through the alternating perspectives of whites and Apaches, and he
arrives at a more nuanced understanding of Geronimo's character and
motivation than ever before. What it was like to be an
Apache fighter-in-training, why Indians as well as whites feared
Geronimo, how Geronimo maintained his freedom, and why he finally
surrendered—the answers to these questions and many more fill the pages
of this irresistable volume.
Robert M. Utley is the award-winning author of seventeen
books on western American history. During his career with the National
Park Service he served as chief historian and assistant director. He
lives in Scottsdale, AZ.
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