From the 1840s onward, United States military forces clashed with the Apache, a group of Native Americans associated with North America's southwestern region. U.S. territorial expansion and conflict--first with Mexico and then during the Civil War--led to an escalation of hostilities that culminated in the defeat of the Apache leader Geronimo in 1886, although fighting continued into the twentieth century. In this study, the clashes at Cieneguilla (1854), First Adobe Walls (1864), and Cibecue Creek (1881) are assessed in detail.
Fully illustrated and featuring contemporary accounts...
From the 1840s onward, United States military forces clashed with the Apache, a group of Native Americans associated with North America's southwest...
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the bushwhacking committed by the James brothers written by participants *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The Civil War is best remembered for the big battles and the legendary generals who fought on both sides, like Robert E. Lee facing off against Ulysses S. Grant in 1864. In kind, the Eastern theater has always drawn more interest and attention than the West. However, while massive armies marched around the country fighting each other, there were other small guerrilla groups that engaged...
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the bushwhacking committed by the James brothers written by participants *Includes online resources and a bib...
He came to Tangier to die, but life isn't done with him yet. Tom Miller has lost his job, his wife, and his dreams. Broke and alone, he ends up in a flophouse in Morocco, ready to end it all. But soon he finds himself tangled in a web of danger and duty as he's pulled into scamming tourists for a crooked cop while trying to help a Syrian refugee boy survive life on the streets. Can a lifelong loser do something good for a change? A portion of my royalties will go to a charity for Syrian refugees.
He came to Tangier to die, but life isn't done with him yet. Tom Miller has lost his job, his wife, and his dreams. Broke and alone, he ends up in a f...
