Geronimo : prisoner of lies : twenty-three years as a prisoner of war, 1886-1909 / W. Michael Farmer

Author: Farmer, W. Michael, 1944-
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2019]
Physical Description: xviii, 212 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Surrender -- Geronimo's Relationship with Naiche -- Geronimo's Last Warriors -- Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood, the Bluecoat Geronimo Trusted -- The Decision to Surrender -- The Apache Prisoner of War Train Stops in San Antonio -- The Last Apaches to Surrender in 1886 -- pt. II Apache Prisoners of War in Florida and Carlisle, Pennsylvania -- Life at Fort Marion, Saint Augustine, Florida -- First Days of Apache Children at Carlisle -- Student Life at Carlisle -- Apache Prisoner of War Life at Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Florida -- pt. III Prisoners at Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama -- Apache Prisoner of War Life at Mount Vernon Barracks -- Geronimo's Wives -- Geronimo, Mount Vernon Barracks Schoolmaster -- General Crook's 1890 Mount Vernon Barracks Visit -- Apache Prisoners of War Become an Army Unit -- Geronimo Counsels Corporal Fun and His Wife -- The Apaches March to Mobile and Back -- George Wratten, Friend of the Chiricahuas -- Geronimo Tries to Fire George Wratten -- Chiricahua Prisoners Make Their Case for a Move, August 29, 1894 -- pt. IV Prisoners of War at Fort Sill, Oklahoma -- The Chiricahua Prisoners of War Go to Fort Sill, Oklahoma -- Apache Prisoner of War Life at Fort Sill -- Geronimo on the Army Payroll -- Eldridge Ayer Burbank Paints Geronimo -- The Chiricahua Breakout Panic at Fort Sill -- Geronimo Escapes! -- Geronimo, Superstar -- Geronimo at the Saint Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition -- Geronimo's Contemporaries: The Great Chiefs -- Geronimo's Children -- Eva Geronimo -- Robert, the Son Geronimo Didn't Know He Had -- Geronimo's Power -- Geronimo Looks For the Jesus Road -- Geronimo Dictates His Autobiography -- Geronimo the Witch -- Geronimo's Last Two Wives, Sousche and Sunsetso -- Geronimo Rides the Ghost Pony to the Happy Place.

Summary

"Stories from Geronimo's long years in custody of the US Army, with new insights into his life and legend."--

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ISBN

9781493042005 hardcover
1493042009 hardcover

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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