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1) Hombre
Author
Language
English
Description
John Russell, a young man nicknamed Hombre by the Apaches who raised him, has a deadly confrontation with a determined gang of stagecoach robbers.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
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,...
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,...
4) Apache
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the Apache people, including their home life, religion, and first contact with European settlers.
6) Geronimo
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Uncovers the truth behind the myths and rumors that enshroud the famous Apache's life, describing how the warrior escaped capture, what his training was like, and explains why he was feared by both whites and other Apaches.
Author
Series
Publisher
Two Roads West
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Get ready for an in depth look at the most famous Indian in the world and how he got there. Bob Boze Bell's controversial new book on "The Illustrated Life & Times of Geronimo" lays out the long and bloody path of Goyathlay (He Who Yawns) from warrior to celebrity to legend. With hundreds-yes hundreds!-of never before seen images, great maps and top notch scholarship, this is the book you need if you want to know the truth about Geronimo
10) The lonely men
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 14
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Tell Sackett had fought his share of Indians and had managed to take something of value from his battles--respect for the Apaches as warriors. But that respect is lost when Apache braves kidnap Tell's nephew, forcing him to cross the border into the Sierra Madres to bring the boy back."--Back cover
Author
Series
Apache wars novel volume 1
Publisher
A Signet book
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Serving as scouts for the Arizona cavalry outpost Fort Hell, Yakima Henry and Seth Barksdale, on orders from Colonel Ephraim Alexander, lead a search party to the Shadow Montanas in Mexico where they come up against a ruthless warrior queen, who might be the colonel's long-lost daughter.
12) Geronimo
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
13) Geronimo
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
15) Shalako: a novel
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Traveling north from Mexico in 1882, Shalako meets up with a group of touring Europeans in Apache country. He warns them of the Apaches, and they refuse to believe him until they are attacked. The tourists allow Shalako to take them to cover as the Apaches continue to battle them and the U.S. Army, which has been alerted. The final battle is between Shalako and Tats-ah-das-ay-go. Shalako wins, the remaining Europeans return to safety with the U.S....
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Language
English
Description
A decade-long project by the Academy Award-nominated actor and best-selling creator of The Lost Boy reimagines the experiences of Cochise, a young Geronimo and the war-torn Apache nation of 1872 as their culture is decimated in the aftermath of an attack on the Mexican village of Azripe.
17) Dead river
Author
Series
Jackals volume 4
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Apache renegade Bloody Hand plays a role in each of the Jackals' lives. To bounty hunter Jed Breen, he is man with a price on his head. To retired cavalry sergeant Sean Keegan, he is a cellmate after a drunken brawl. And to former Texas Ranger Matt McCulloch, he is the key to a mystery that has long haunted him. When McCulloch breaks Bloody Hand out of jail, his fellow Jackals follow them into Mexico. Now, all four are wanted men. The U.S. Army and...
19) Lawless
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2004, c1989
Language
English
Description
Half-Apache Jake Redman was more than a match for the wild Arizona Territory. Sarah Conway was an Eastern lady who belonged anywhere else but on the rugged land Jake loved. Annoyed to find himself playing guardian angel to an innocent, Jake was even more disgusted to find that he liked it.
20) Close to you
Author
Publisher
Silhouette Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Lawless: "When Sarah Conway moves to Lone Bluff, Arizona, she expects to reunite with her hardworking father, move in to a beautiful home and help continue to build the family business. Instead, she arrives to heartbreaking news: her father was killed in a mining accident. But even with no fortune and no family, Sarah is determined to make a home out of the frontier--no matter how many times rugged outlaw Jake Redman insists she go back to where she...
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