An account of the 1883 expedition against the Chirichua Apaches.

John Gregory Bourke's 'An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre' provides readers with a detailed and immersive account of his experiences as a military officer in the American southwest during the late 19th century. Bourke masterfully incorporates vivid descriptions of the harsh terrain and intense battles between the Apache tribes and the U.S. Army, highlighting the complexities of this historical conflict. His writing style is both engaging and informative, offering valuable insight into the military tactics utilized during this turbulent period. By examining the nuances of cultural clashes and strategies of warfare, Bourke presents a compelling narrative that sheds light on a lesser-known aspect of American history. Born in 1846, Bourke's extensive military career and firsthand encounters with various Native American tribes undoubtedly influenced the perspective and depth of his writing. His unique position as an observer and participant in these events adds credibility and authenticity to the accounts presented in the book. I highly recommend 'An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre' to readers interested in military history, Native American studies, and narratives of the American west.

Though academically thorough in its exploration, the popular style of delivery of Massacre on the Lordsburg Road will capture and hold the interest of general readers of Indian history.

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.

Parallels the lives of Gatewood and Geronimo as events drive them toward their historic meeting in Mexico in 1886--a meeting that marked the beginning of the end of the last Apache war.