Apache Wars

In January 1861, raiders carried a twelve-year-old boy away from a ranch on Sonoita Creek. Within weeks, six men hung from the trees at Apache Pass.
A young lieutenant blamed the wrong chief. Cochise, who had kept the peace for years, cut his way out of an army tent and vanished into the mountains. What followed cost thousands of lives and an entire homeland.
Few people know that the Apache Wars were never one war, and the Apache were never one people. This gripping narrative history follows the Chiricahua from Mexico's scalp bounties to the stone forts of Florida.
Ride with Mangas Coloradas, seized under a flag of truce. Stand beside Victorio and his warrior sister Lozen as they defy two armies. Follow Geronimo to Skeleton Canyon, where just thirty-seven people, hunted by five thousand soldiers, finally laid down their arms.
The hidden truth behind that surrender is darker still. Even the Apache scouts who served the army were shipped east as prisoners, and the Chiricahua were not freed until 1913.
Inside, you will discover:
How one kidnapping ignited decades of bloodshed
Why Cochise made peace, and how that promise was broken
How a few dozen warriors outlasted entire armies
The overlooked roles of Apache women, scouts, and Buffalo Soldiers
Grounded in verified history and told with the pace of a novel, this book is for anyone drawn to the American West, Native American history, or military history, and for every reader asking how this nation came to be.