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In addition to a close-up picture of a pivotal figure in western history, Cochise offers accounts of a vanished world from people who lived in that world.

This book provides essential information on major battles and military campaigns, treaties, significant sites, American Indian tribes, and notable military and political leaders, both Indian and white, presented in a handy, encyclopedic style.

In the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon, this is the stunningly vivid historical account of the manhunt for Geronimo and the 25-year Apache struggle for their homeland.

An indispensable text for researchers, this book will provide fresh insights into well-known army figures while rewarding a closer look at the courageous roles of lesser-known men.

In addition to a close-up picture of a pivotal figure in western history, Cochise offers accounts of a vanished world from people who lived in that world.

For a half century the dust never settles as U.S. troops fight the Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico and defeat the single uprisings of the Navajos and Pueblos. Two chapters describe the Modoc War in northern California from 1871 to 1873. Includes information on Battle of Apache Pass and the Bascom Affair.

Of the many tales of conflict and warfare between the U.S. government and the Indian tribes, perhaps none is more dramatic or revealing than the story of the Apache wars.

An Apache Chief and war strategist, Juh should be as well known as Cochise and Geronimo but his story has not been as well told. The author, the foremost western scholar of Apache history, argues that it was the genius of Juh that defeated LT Howard Bass Cushing, enabled the release of the Apache from the San Carlos Reservation, and counseled the more famous Geronimo.

An indexed biography of the Chiricahua Apache leader Cochise that depicts him as more than the man involved in the Bascom Affair and it's bloody aftermath.

With attention to the nineteenth century, this is the history and the culture of the Apaches since the era of the Spanish Conquest are surveyed.