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Once They Moved Like The Wind 49 - Cochise, Geronimo and the Apache Wars (Paperback, Reissue) Loot Price: R546
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Once They Moved Like The Wind 49 - Cochise, Geronimo and the Apache Wars (Paperback, Reissue): David Roberts

Once They Moved Like The Wind 49 - Cochise, Geronimo and the Apache Wars (Paperback, Reissue)

David Roberts

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An absorbing account of a quarter century of conflict: the Apache resistance to the "White Eye" settlers encroaching on their Arizona lands. Clashes between US troops and Apaches broke out in 1861, but it was only after the Civil War that the army turned its attention fully to these skirmishes in the Southwest. Roberts (Jean Stafford: A Biography, 1988, etc.) sifts through contradictory memoirs and letters from the two sides to present a balanced version of why peace in the region was continually shattered - and why the outnumbered Apache were continually able to drive white settlers to hysteria. Complaints about Indian atrocities were sometimes valid, Roberts explains, but the Apache chief Cochise was often accused of crimes that he couldn't have committed. Meanwhile, the Apaches felt betrayed when agreements with troops were cavalierly broken by Indian land agents. Roberts's narrative is considerably enhanced by its briskly written portraits - including those of the fierce, and fiercely honest, Cochise; of General George Crook, the army's best Indian fighter, who found the key to ending the Apaches' flight (to catch an Apache, use Apache scouts); of John Clum, an Indian land agent whom the Apaches nicknamed "Turkey Gobbler" for his arrogance; Lozen, the woman warrior who could equal any man in riding and shooting; and Juh, the chief afflicted with a terrible stutter but gifted with military genius. And, above all, there is the presence of Geronimo, vengeful, untrustworthy, and vacillating, but also capable of leading a band of 34 men, women, and children that, before it surrendered in 1886, managed to elude five thousand American troops and another three thousand Mexican soldiers. Geronimo rightly feared the fate in store for his people: They were deported on sealed railroad cars to Florida, where they remained POWs for 27 years, never to see their homelands again. A history that never loses its sense of drama even as it separates myth from truth. (Kirkus Reviews)
Of the many tales of conflict and warfare between the UK Government and the Indian tribes, perhaps none is more dramatic or revealing than the story of the Apache wars. Those wars were the final episode in the US government's subjugation of the indigenous peoples; the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 effectively ended the Indian wars. Once They Moved Liked the Wind is the epic story of the battles between the Apaches and the US Army for land and freedom. The larger-than-life characters of Cochise, Geronimo and General Cook move dramatically through these pages, illuminating the history behind the Apache wars.

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Imprint: Pimlico
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 1998
Authors: David Roberts
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 384
Edition: Reissue
ISBN-13: 978-0-7126-6628-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 0-7126-6628-1
Barcode: 9780712666282

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