From Cochise to Geronimo

"In the decade after the death of their revered chief Cochise in 1874, the Chiricahua Apaches struggled to survive as a people and their relations with the U.S. government further deteriorated. In From Cochise to Geronimo, Edwin R. Sweeney ... offer[s] a ... history of the turbulent period between Cochise's death and Geronimo's surrender in 1886 ... Sweeney draws on American and Mexican archives, some only recently opened, to offer a balanced account of life on and off the reservation in the 1870s and 1880s. From Cochise to Geronimo details the Chiricahuas' ordeal in maintaining their identity despite forced relocations, disease epidemics, sustained warfare, and confinement"—Jacket.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 706 pages

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