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Apache
Author_W. Michael Farmer
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Chiricahua
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General Miles
Geronimo
myth
Native American
post-Civil War
prisoner of war
tribal culture
US Army
warrior
Product details
- ISBN 9781493074402
- Weight: 367g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2023
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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When Geronimo and his warriors surrendered to the US Army, General Miles made a number of promises for the surrender terms that were in fact false. Geromino: Prisoner of Lies provides insights into how Chiricahua prisoners of war lived while held in captivity by the United States Army in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as seen through the eyes of their war leader Geronimo. The indignities and lies they suffered, and how they maintained their tribal culture in the face of great pressure to change or vanish entirely, are brought to life and provided new context through this book.
W. Michael Farmer combines over ten years of research into nineteenth century Apache history and culture with southwest living experience to fill his stories with a genuine sense of time and place. A retired Ph.D. physicist, he has also written short stories for anthologies and award winning essays. His first novel, Hombrecito's War, won a Western Writers of America Spur Finalist Award for Best First Novel in 2006 and was a New Mexico Book Award Finalist for Historical Fiction in 2007. His other novels include: Hombrecito’s Search; Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright: The Betrayals of Pancho Villa; Conspiracy: The Trial of Oliver Lee and James Gililland; and, Killer of Witches, The Life and Times of Yellow Boy, Mescalero Apache, Book 1. and Blood of the Devil, The Life and Times of Yellow Boy, Mescalero Apache, Book 2.
