A biography of the Apache warrior who led attacks on settlers and soldiers in Mexico and the Southwestern United States during the 1870's and 1880's.

"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...

Examines the life of the Apache chief Geronimo, who led one of the last Indian uprisings.

"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,...

When the U.S. Army turned to the legendary scount Al Sieber to find Geronimo's hiding place in the Sierra Madre mountains, Sieber knew just the men for the job--Tom Horn and the Apache Kid.

An account of the last years of the free Apaches. Provides a description of the reservations, where the Apaches were deceived and abused by the United States government and its agents, while at the same time acknowledging reliable contemporary sources that reported on the Apaches' cruelty.