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The Apache Wars
The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History | Paul Andrew Hutton
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In the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon, a stunningly vivid historical account of the manhunt for Geronimo and the 25-year Apache struggle for their homeland They called him Mickey Free. His kidnapping started the longest war in American history, and both sides--the Apaches and the white invaders--blamed him for it. A mixed-blood warrior who moved uneasily between the worlds of the Apaches and the American soldiers, he was never trusted by either but desperately needed by both. He was the only man Geronimo ever feared. He played a pivotal role in this long war for the desert Southwest from its beginning in 1861 until its end in 1890 with his pursuit of the renegade scout, Apache Kid. In this sprawling, monumental work, Paul Hutton unfolds over two decades of the last war for the West through the eyes of the men and women who lived it. This is Mickey Free's story, but also the story of his contemporaries: the great Apache leaders Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, and Victorio; the soldiers Kit Carson, O. O. Howard, George Crook, and Nelson Miles; the scouts and frontiersmen Al Sieber, Tom Horn, Tom Jeffords, and Texas John Slaughter; the great White Mountain scout Alchesay and the Apache female warrior Lozen; the fierce Apache warrior Geronimo; and the Apache Kid. These lives shaped the violent history of the deserts and mountains of the Southwestern borderlands--a bleak and unforgiving world where a people would make a final, bloody stand against an American war machine bent on their destruction.
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Tkgbjenn1
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This book chronicles the longest war in U.S. History. From the captive boy and the false accusation of the wrong bad of Apache to the last free Apache. This is not a Politically Correct book. It doesn‘t drawn any conclusions and reads like a novel. It dispels myths. Geronimo was not the hero among his people that we think he was. The sheer number of Apaches who supported the U.S. Army ranged in the hundreds. I really liked this and learned a lot.

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Eugeniavb
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irregularreader
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New #bookreview at www.theirregularreaderblog.wordpress.com! The Apache Wars is an epic history of Geronimo and the Apache resistance to American encroachment!

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TheNextBook
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I'm filing this under "things I didnt learn about in high school" and "neglected American History". I feel like too often we think of the late 1800's and the only thing that comes to mind is the Civil War and the years that followed. There is definitely not enough attention given to what was going on in the Western front. This provides so much information about the was between Native Americans and the Americans that came to steal their land.

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TheNextBook
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"I'm your Huckleberry..." ?? That's all I could think of when I read this!

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This is one of those books that can easily make someone angry. This section of history seems to be overlooked because of the Civil War. Human beings were being butchered over land and the rights to it. I'm not sure if I could have been peaceful if you came to my home, told me to leave and then changed my way of life. Sigh.

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TheNextBook
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When the Olympics are on but you have books to read what do you do? Put the tv on, mute it and read while ocassionaly checking the score. Litsy this is going to be my life...

Laura317 I slow down reading during Olympics. I love them so much!!❤️❤️❤️ 8y
TheNextBook @Laura317 I have so many books that I want to read before summer ends and yet I have to watch the Olympics. I'm with you. I love the Olympics. 8y
Texreader @TheNextBook @Laura317 Watch the Olympics! Soccer!!! ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ 8y
Laura317 @TheNextBook @Texreader Soccer, gymnastics, swimming, track and field, foot - I'll watch anything Olympic related. 😜 8y
Texreader @Laura317 🇺🇸🇳🇴🏊🏇⛹🏋🏻🚴🏻🏅🏀🏐⚽️🎾🏌. So much fun!!! We are especially fond of Winter Olympics because my hubby is from Norway but I'll take summer Olympics too!! 🎿⛷⛸ 8y
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TheNextBook
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The next book on my list is...

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Bookbento
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History that reads like page-turning fiction.

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