Geronimo

by Utley, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9780300126389
• ISBN10: 0300126387
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-15
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

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 surrenderedthe answers to these questions and many more fill the pages of this irresistable volume.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Prologue	p. 1
Apache Youth	p. 5
Apache Manhood	p. 15
Battle and Massacre	p. 23
"Americans"	p. 29
War with the Americans	p. 36
Return of the Bluecoats	p. 45
Cochise: War and Peace, 1863-72	p. 55
Cochise: Peace at Last, 1872	p. 61
The Chiricahua Reservation, 1872-76	p. 72
Removal to the Gila River	p. 81
Geronimo's First Breakout, 1878	p. 92
Back to San Carlos, 1878-79	p. 98
Geronimo's Second Breakout, 1881	p. 104
Geronimo Abducts Loco, 1982	p. 113
Mexico: Massacres and Raids, 1882-83	p. 125
Geronimo Confronts Crook in the Sierra Madre, 1883	p. 134
Return to San Carlos, 1883-84	p. 143
The Last Breakout, 1885	p. 149
Back to the Sierra Madre, 1885	p. 160
Chased by Crook's Scouts, 1885-86	p. 168
Canyon de los Embudos, 1886	p. 182
Miles in Command, 1886	p. 192
Geronimo Meets Gatewood, 1886	p. 203
Geronimo Surrenders, 1886	p. 213
Prisoners of War, 1886-87	p. 221
Geronimo at Mount Vernon Barracks, 1888-94	p. 235
Geronimo's Final Home, 1894-1909	p. 248
Geronimo's Last Years	p. 255
Epilogue	p. 263
Appendix	p. 275
List of Abbreviations	p. 276
Notes	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 319
Index	p. 335
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