Geronimo : prisoner of lies : twenty-three years as a prisoner of war, 1886-1909

When Geronimo and his warriors surrendered to the U.S. 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. 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. Geronimo: 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. Acknowledgments Preface Prologue Part I: Surrender Part II: Apache Prisoners of War in Florida and Carlisle, Pennsylvania Part III: Prisoners at Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama Part IV: Prisoners of War at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Epilogue Notes Additional Reading and Information Resources About the Author "Stories from Geronimo's long years in custody of the US Army, with new insights into his life and legend."-- Provided by publisher