BOURKE : An Apache campaign in the Sierra Madre (fülszöveg)
This short but fascinating chronicle written by an eye-witness and participant, tells the story of the United States Army's 1883 campaign against the Apache Indians in the Sierra Madre. Out-of-print and virtually unprocurable for many years, it unites in its pages three famous figures in Western history — Geronimo, the Apache; General George Crook, the greatest of our Indian-fighting soldiers; and John Gregory Bourke, one of the most sympathetic and best-informed writers on American Indian ethnology.
Captain Bourke, in addition to scholarship, possessed a sharp eye, a vivid style and a sardonic sense of humor—all of which are exemplified in this book—which supplements the materials in his classic On The Border With Crook. This republication—the first since 1886—restores to print a neglected and important piece of Western Americana. It is reprinted almost verbatim; the only significant change has been the spelling of Geronimo's name which, in the original, was spelled "Hieronimo."
J. Frank Dobie, a shrewd and able judge of values in Western History, has written the introduction.
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