The Struggle for Apacheria (Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890) (Hardcover)

~ Peter Cozzens (Editor) "Stretching from the Colorado River to the rugged mountains east of the Rio Grande, and from the great canyons of northern Arizona deep into the..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Prolific author Cozzens (The Civil War in the West) has assembled a collection of contemporaneous accounts of the military campaigns against the Apache Indians in the American Southwest in this first of five volumes about the Indian Wars. The materials include army reports, diaries of participants, periodical articles, and newspaper accounts. All were selected on the basis of the writers' involvement and their lack of easy availability elsewhere. The result is a comprehensive, albeit disjointed, account of the Apache Wars. Background information on the people and events is adequate, and references for additional reading are given. Lacking are maps designed to orient the reader to the various campaigns, and some of the editorial notes would have been more useful had they been included in the text. These criticisms aside, this is a well-conceived publication for expanding our understanding of the Indian Wars, with its emphasis on hard-to-locate accounts. For larger libraries needing information on the topic. Edward Gibson, Langston Hughes Memorial Lib., Lincoln Univ., PA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description

Patterned after the classic Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, this series of five volumes will the most comprehensive work on the military aspects of the Indian Wars in the West. The author will gather a wide variety of first-person accounts that are not generally available elsewhere, relying primarily on unpublished manuscript accounts and contemporaneous newspaper articles. Each article covering an event or battle will be placed within its context, with background information on the author of the article, a historical introduction evaluating the article's accuracy and significance, and a "for further reading" list of sources.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 736 pages
• Publisher: Stackpole Books; 1st edition (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811705722
• ISBN-13: 978-0811705721
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #879,286 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Landmark in the Literature of the American West, September 3, 2002

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This marvelous book can safely be said to be the last word on the Apache Wars. The breadth and scope of the original accounts presented here - most drawn from obscure 19th Century sources - is remarkable. There are newspaper interviews with General George Crook, an account of the Chiricahua Apaches in captivity by Walter Reed (for whom Walter Reed Hospital is named), a visit with Cochise in his mountain stronghold by the teritorial governor of Arizona, and many, many more "you are there" accounts. Cozzens opens the work with an excellent historical overview of the Apache Wars. Indispensable to the Indian Wars affecionado!