Geronimo

Twenty-Three Years as a Prisoner of War

W. Michael Farmer

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TwoDot Books
01 November 2023

History; History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Indigenous peoples; Local history

When Geronimo and his warriors surrendered to the US Army, General Miles made a number of promises for the surrender terms that were in fact false. Geromino: Prisoner of Lies provides insights into how Chiricahua prisoners of war lived while held in captivity by the United States Army in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as seen through the eyes of their war leader Geronimo. The indignities and lies they suffered, and how they maintained their tribal culture in the face of great pressure to change or vanish entirely, are brought to life and provided new context through this book.

By: W. Michael Farmer
Imprint: TwoDot Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9781493074402
ISBN 10: 1493074407
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 01 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

W. Michael Farmer combines over ten years of research into nineteenth century Apache history and culture with southwest living experience to fill his stories with a genuine sense of time and place. A retired Ph.D. physicist, he has also written short stories for anthologies and award winning essays. His first novel, Hombrecito's War, won a Western Writers of America Spur Finalist Award for Best First Novel in 2006 and was a New Mexico Book Award Finalist for Historical Fiction in 2007. His other novels include: Hombrecito’s Search; Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright: The Betrayals of Pancho Villa; Conspiracy: The Trial of Oliver Lee and James Gililland; and, Killer of Witches, The Life and Times of Yellow Boy, Mescalero Apache, Book 1. and Blood of the Devil, The Life and Times of Yellow Boy, Mescalero Apache, Book 2.

Reviews for Geronimo: Twenty-Three Years as a Prisoner of War

W. Michael Farmer is that rare author who can bring instant clarity to a complicated story. His sparse but crisp prose brings the past to life with grace and compassion in this telling of Geronimo's long years of imprisonment. Farmer's careful research and deft handling of this tragic episode from our history is an amazing story of the triumph of the human spirit. --Paul Andrew Hutton, author of the WWA Spur-award winning The Apache Wars.