A fictionalized first-person narrative of the life and times of the famed and notorious nineteenth-century cavalry scout, interpreter, Indian fighter, rodeo star, detective, and feared manhunter,who met his end in a controversial travesty of a murder trial.

Biography of an Apache warrior who led other Apache warriors in battles to save his people from the white man.

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.

Nat Swanson killed a man in West Texas and the dead man's buddies are tracking him to see him hang. Nat runs to the desert of New Mexico Territory where he stumbles across the survivors of an Apache ambush: three nuns and seven orphans. Sister St. Agnes, the leader of the survivors is convinced that Nat has been sent by the Almighty to rescue them; Nat knows that it will take an act of God to get out of the desert alive.

"Written by participants and eyewitnesses, white and Indian, this work presents the accounts of the surrender of Geronimo and Chiricahua chief Naiche in September 1886 and its aftermath"--WorldCat.

Examines the question of why policy makers and leaders on both sides of the Apache conflict sowed winds of injustice, hatred, and violence throughout the Southwest for three decades.

Some of the legendary gunmen of the Old West were lawmen, but more, like Billy the Kid and Jesse James, were outlaws. Tom Horn (1860-1903) was both. Lawman, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw, and assassin, this darkly enigmatic figure has fascinated Americans ever since his death by hanging the day before his forty-third birthday. In this masterful historical biography, Larry Ball, a distinguished historian of western lawmen and outlaws, presents...