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Deep in the untamed Southern Arizona Territory, the United States Army embarks on a final campaign to rid the area of the remaining Apache warriors and capture and kill their famed war chief Geronimo. Legendary for their relentless battle tactics and astounding survival skills, the Apache make a fearsome enemy, able to cut down man, woman, and child in silence, and transverse undetected throughout the rocky terrain. General Nelson A. Miles is determined...
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In the wake of an agreement with Mexico on cross-border pursuit, the U.S. Army mounts an expedition to capture the Indian warrior, Geronimo. The hero of the tale is Russell Norwood, a cavalry officer, the heroine is a Mexican seþorita, and the villain is Tom Horn, the ruthless chief of scouts.
5) Geronimo
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[2006]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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900L
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English
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A fictional retelling of the story of Native American leader Geronimo's life after his last surrender, told from the point of view of his grandson.
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"The story of the last ten years of Geronimo's wars mirrors the rage, battles, and deception told in Homer's Iliad, the story of the ten-year Greek and Trojan War. The Iliad of Geronimo begins in 1877, ten years before Geronimo's surrender with him being hauled four hundred miles in chains to the San Carlos Reservation guardhouse, there to await hanging in Tucson. Almost miraculously, Geronimo escaped hanging and lived peacefully for...
8) FORT APACHE
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2022.
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English
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"Lt. Owen Parnell, U. S. Army--on Geronimo's trail! The Apaches were being cheated at every turn. Food and supplies promised by treaty were not arriving. Instead, they were being sold for huge profits by a band of scheming traders known as the Tucson Ring. So, the Apaches took to the warpath, and Lt. Parnell was ordered to track down Geronimo. Parnell had spent time with the Apache and had developed a rapport that no one else had with him. For a while,...
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Weird West tale volume 03
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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When the time has come to end the spell that prevents U.S. expansion across the Mississippi River, the other medicine men create War Bonnet, a monsterous medicine man whose function is to stop Geronimo, Theodore Roosevelt, and Doc Holliday.
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[2020]
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English
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"The Odyssey of Geronimo, based on history and Apache culture, but told through his eyes using the truth from fiction, is a revealing epic of his strengths, weaknesses, and character. As a prisoner of war twenty-three years, Geronimo escaped being hanged by civil authorities in Arizona, rose to become a national 'superstar,' and became an astute businessman. During his captivity, Geronimo fathered two children, lost three wives, and married two more....
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2022.
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English
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"The story of the last ten years of Geronimo's wars mirrors the rage, battles, and deception told in Homer's Iliad, the story of the ten-year Greek and Trojan War. The Iliad of Geronimo begins in 1877, ten years before Geronimo's surrender with him being hauled four hundred miles in chains to the San Carlos Reservation guardhouse, there to await hanging in Tucson. Almost miraculously, Geronimo escaped hanging and lived peacefully for a time on the...
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2023.
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"Based on an historical event, Trinidad Verdin's story reveals the courage, suffering, and lessons a twelve-year-old girl learns about Apaches and herself during her captivity with the Naiche-Geronimo band hiding, fighting, and raiding in northern Sonora. After breaking their surrender agreement with General George Crook in late March 1886, forty Apaches (eighteen men, fourteen women, and six children) led by Geronimo established a camp at the top...
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